Now there's a question we hear often. We heard it on September 11th. We heard it in the aftermath of Columbine. We heard it when a man broke into an Amish schoolhouse and shot several young Amish children to death. We heard it recently when a young woman in our area was found murdered. In our own community, we have just witnessed two tragedies very close to home - a family around the corner from our church woke in the middle of the night to find their home burning to the ground, and just yesterday my next door neighbor lost his life when he had an accident in his pickup truck.
Why does God allow bad things to happen? If God loves us, why does He allow it?
This past Lord's day, we studied John 4 - the healing of the nobleman's son. Perhaps this nobleman and his family thought the same thing as they watched their little child sink deeper and deeper into sickness. How could God allow such to happen to a little child? As the nobleman hurried on the road to meet Jesus, perhaps the thought was there - how could God allow my little child to die?
But we know the end of the story and know that the Lord used that little child's sickness to lead the nobleman to Christ; and not only the nobleman, but his entire family. God was in control, and was able to turn even what seemed unjust into a wonderful result.
You can trust Him, my friend, even when you don't understand Him. He is working all things for His glory, and for your good.
O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out! (Romans 11:13 KJV)
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