Why God? Can You Tell Me WHY??

Why God, is this happening to me? Why aren’t you doing something to stop it? Do you care about me? Do you even know where I am? Why me?

Sound like questions you have asked God when things haven’t gone the way you thought they should? What do you do when “bad” things happen to you?

The year was 1984, late summer. I thought things were going poorly with us. I thought we were experiencing a “bad” period in our lives, at least in my life. I was frustrated. I yelled at God. I told Him that He didn’t care about us, that we were left alone and deserted. In my frustration, I yelled, “God, do you even know where we are?”

Then I was quiet. About 10 minutes later, God answered. He not only answered, He let me know the source of the discontent, the frustration, the despair. He simply said, “Why don’t you be Bob, and let me be God. OK?”

That was it. I was trying to figure out what was best for my life. I was trying to get God to fit in with my plans.

I’ve had that problem for most of my life. My high school yearbook has this under my senior picture, “Now if I were president …” When I let God be God, and I am content to be Bob, I no longer have to has why. I no longer have to figure it out because that isn’t my job. That is His job, I’ve given that over to Him. He loves me more than I can know while I live on this earth.

No longer is the question, “Why?” It becomes, “Now what?” I don’t need to try and be God when there is one much better suited for it already in that position. “Be still and know that I am God.” Psalm 46:10.