You have faith in God and have committed your way to Him. You are faithful to His family on earth and yourself. Ironically, tragedy strikes time and time again and you just can’t seem to bear up under it. You feel like the swimmer going down for the third time. “Why?” – is the question that is repeated by you and others. Does God have a divine purpose in all of this?
Three accounts in Scripture shine light on this phenomenon.
The first is Joseph’s statement to his brothers.
But as for you, you meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it is this day, to save many people alive.
The second is Job.
Job 42:1-2
Then Job answered the Lord and said: “I know that You can do everything, And that no purpose of Yours can be withheld from You.
The third is Jesus the Christ.
He went a little farther and fell on His face, and prayed, saying, “O My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as You will.”
The Bible says we walk by faith, not by sight. The Ancient Words teach that He leads us and not the other way around. The Scriptures make it clear that we see through a glass darkly, but He knows the way we need to take.
Give it some thought.
Gary