Isa 55:9 - As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.
Why, God????
It's the question of all time, and it's the one that never gets answered. Yet we still demand to know, and doubt or question God when He doesn't tell us the answer. But at the time, it doesn't occur to us that even if He wanted to tell us 'why', it's not possible for us to comprehend it. Comprehending heaven with an earthly mind is not possible.
Think about how amazing it is just to know what we DO know about God & His Ways. We're blessed just to be able to conceive of what some of the reasons are. We're blessed to be able to have a relationship with Him in any way, let alone know Him personally. We're even blessed sometimes to see the way God is at work and jump in to support Him. But to comprehend His reasoning will have to wait until we get to heaven.
That leaves us with a few choices.
1) We can get angry. Much like children who get upset when their parents do what's best for them, we can treat God like a little (spoiled) child would, and get mad. Of course, the good parent that He is, God can handle that without a problem. And it really doesn't change much ... He still wants to direct our lives along the path to knowing Him better. We usually just hurt ourselves.
2) We can give up. Some just throw in the towel and stop trying to know God personally. They chuck their faith and try to make the rest of their lives the happiest they can. But that leads to emptiness, often followed by addictions, broken relationships, and depression. Even those who do so and seem to find happiness only disc1over at the end of their days how meaningless the whole trip was. What's worse, we hurt ourselves AND others with this trip.
3) We can grow trust. Instead of trying to explain it, we accept whatever God has in store and live with faith in His ways. Growing trust often leads to a bit deeper understanding of the reasons, and it's in the walk of faith that we often discover more about His ways & His thoughts. At the root of healthy relationships is deeper trust --- and we discover that trusting God gives us a better relationship with Him.
Asking Why is not wrong - in fact, it often leads to deeper choices. But getting angry or quitting only creates more failure. So choose to grow, to build more trust, to count on His ways & His thoughts to be right. Turn your Why into What - what do You want to teach me God? what do You want me to do? Learn to grow trust in His ways, and then we'll discover more about them.
What, God?
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