Why?

Why?!Why can just be curious, “I wonder why bald men are better looking?”Why can be an exclamation, “Why I’ll be, that kid does know how to clean his room!”Why can be accusatory, “Why did you do that?”“Well I thought it was funny.” (bad, very bad answer)Why can be mean, “Why you’re just dumb, you’ll never amount to anything.”Why can be filled with self-pity, “Why me (God)?”Why can be confused, “Why do the wicked prosper?Why can be mad, angry, “Why are you not saying anything? Speak to me when I am talking to you.”Why can be hurting, filled with pain, “Why am I suffering?”Why can be a combination, “Why did you let this happen God?”God is no stranger when it comes to our whys. In fact He is often at the end of our whys, especially when we suffer, are in pain, confused, hurting, and think things are unjust or not fair. When we do not understand why God who is all powerful and loving does not intervene, prevent evil from happening, come to our aid, or set things right.The pages of scripture are filled with people who asked, “why?” Habakkuk is known as the prophet who asked, “Why?”“Why do you make me look at injustice? Why do you tolerate wrong? Destruction and violence are before me; there is strife, and conflict abounds.Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never prevails. The wicked hem in the righteous, so that justice is perverted.Your eyes are too pure to look on evil; you cannot tolerate wrong. Why then do you tolerate the treacherous? Why are you silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves?”  Habakkuk 1:3-4, 13 (NIV) God knows we ask, “Why?” confused, angry, hurting whys. I am glad I get to bring those to Him as well. In fact I have found God and Christ to be the best resting place for myself and my whys.  If I don’t rest them there I will rest them somewhere else like in anger, or bitterness, or apathy, cynicism, and a host of other attitudes, behaviors, and destinations – none of which I care for and God has in mind for me for. So I pray you and I will bring our whys to God and rest them there and find God’s incredible peace in the midst of it all.To God be all glory, love you pastor HansP.S. On the flipside, how good are we at hearing God when He asks, “Why?