“Learning to Ask Who Not Why”
Sandra Fischer
. . .Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know. . …therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes ~ Job 42:3b, 6 NIV
No life in this world is without trials and troubles. Sometimes they come in small unrelenting jabs and other times like a tsunami wave. As believers, we are told to expect them, yet like Job, we question God’s purpose in allowing them. We ask why, hoping if we could understand we could make sense of them and accept them. After studying the book of Job, I learned that God never answered Job’s questioning, even after God forgave him his presumptiveness, restored his losses, and honored him for his faithfulness.
Job had his audience with God and appealed to Him to give an answer for his miseries—loss of family, wealth, and health. Instead, God asked Job over seventy questions to which he had no answer. He realized God was God, sovereign over all things and that He owes no one an explanation.
Rather than asking “why” when we don’t understand what’s happening, we should consider “WHO” is behind it all, whether by His permissive or sovereign will. “Why” ends in the letter “y” which could stand for “you,” indicating it’s all about “you.” If we consider “WHO” instead, “o” represents the “One” and “Only”—God Almighty. Is anyone qualified to question God about anything? When we see God as He is and ourselves as we are, like Job, we should repent of our “presumptive” sin and trust His sovereignty and trustworthiness.
Heavenly Father, thank you for working everything together to those who love You—for our good and Your Glory.
Sandra is a FaithWriters Platinum member, author of “My Faithbook Messages” which can be found HERE.
