Bringing Our Hard Questions to God

 







by Belinda Blevins

Verse For Thought:
How frail is humanity! How short is life, and full of trouble!  Job 14: 1 (Spiritual Renewal Bible)

A year ago we were living in Arizona, trying to figure out what we needed to do about coming back to Tennessee. Our children and grandchildren are there and I knew we would miss them very much when we left.

When life doesn’t seem fair we question God, instead of stopping to remember that he is good and fair.  It’s only natural to want to question God as we go through the tough times but we must continue seeking him.  Remember God sees our heart and never stops working on our behalf. Working through the pain and unfairness of life helps us to be satisfied with trusting him even if we don’t understand. We can be sure if we trust God and seek him in hard times, God will respond and bless us for our faith.

Life often seems unfair to us. That’s one reason why many of us, like Job conclude that God is unreasonable in his demands. Of course God is holy and does not have to answer to us.  Yet, in our humanness we sometimes think we have to “forgive” God for the things in our life that we don’t understand.  In the midst of Job’s suffering, he cried out in the words of today’s verse for thought.  Every day I realize, like Job, just how frail life is. Like a shadow of a passing cloud we disappear quickly.

Today we are back in Tennessee. We miss our family, but we trust God knows what he is doing. But, my question to God now is did we serve our purpose while living there for only six months.  It was painful leaving; almost unbearable but we are able to Skype often and that make it easier.
Life may still seem unfair, but I am learning to unleash our feeling to God.   He understands.

Let’s Pray:
Father, as we go through life daily, help us to trust you in every situation.  Father even when we don’t understand, your word tells us to trust in you and lean not on our understanding, you will direct our path. Thank you. For being there for us as we bring our hard questions to you. In Jesus name Amen.

Take the Next Step:
As you face life’s daily situations, ask God for directions.  You will see he will be there with an answer.  It may not be the answer you want, but remember he knows best.