Why is it that when things go right people ‘thank their lucky stars’ or say, ‘somebody up there must like me’, but when something goes wrong, they blame God? Have you ever noticed that? Belief in God is not quite that simplistic. While it’s true God either causes or allows everything that takes place in this life for his own purposes, these things are designed to teach us, not harm us in any way.
When Superstorm Sandy decimated the Jersey Shore, there was a big headline in a local paper with the words of a Baptist preacher that said, “Where is God?” Now I’m not going to pretend to know or understand why God allowed that to take place, but I’m not going to blame him for what happened either. It’s a matter of faith and trust. You either trust God or you don’t.
We don’t know everyone’s back story either, but God knows everything that can be known. There are times we need to simply strap ourselves to the mast and ride out whatever it is that we’re going thru, trusting God that he will see you thru it.
This life is full of pitfalls and going it alone is not the answer. That’s the surest way I know to become depressed, even despondent. Without God what hope do we really have? In the gospels, people were leaving Jesus’ entourage because it was apparently getting a little too difficult for them. So, Jesus asked the Twelve, “Do you want to leave too?” Simon Peter replied, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life. We believe and know that You are the Holy One of God.”
When life becomes a little too tough to bear, turn to the Lord. Trust him to do right by you. He’s never failed at anything he has ever done. Don’t blame him, trust him.
Richard Keller
Bread of Life Ministries
NOTE: To ‘strap yourself to the mast’ is what a captain or other sailor would do during rough seas to keep from being washed overboard.
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