Last night, I went to bed troubled and saddened in my spirit. Last night, I went to bed questioning God. I was so confused. I told him, I know that we all must die, but why did they have to go in their primes and why did they have to go in such a horrific way?. I continued, Its so unfair that people who serve you would have to go out like this. Now, I know that some say you shouldnt question God, but I dont agree with that. I was raised to know that God is my father and creator, but He is also my friend. So I came to Him last night, as a confused friend looking for answers. Psalm 10:1 says that even David, who was described as man after Gods own heart questioned God, saying, Why, O Lord, do you stand far off? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble? So, like David, I questioned God and then I fell asleep. This morning when I woke up, a scripture was the first thing that came to my mind and I believe that in a way it was God dropping the answer in my spirit and Im going to share it in hopes that it brings comfort to all of us who mourn the lives of the nine that died in the plane crash in Freeport. What? Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?” In all this did not Job sin with his lips. - Job 2:10 was the scripture that I heard ringing in my mind when I woke up this morning. I thought about Jobs experience and how God ALLOWED the enemy to bring strife to him. God didnt do it, but He ALLOWED it for a greater purpose and lesson. I then also thought about the many apostles in the bible that died tragic deaths - stoned, beheaded etc. Further, I thought about Jesus Christ, the very son of God, who knew no sin, but God allowed him to be crucified even as Jesus cried out My God, My God, why have your forsaken me? Im saying this to say, I realized, who am I to say that good people should die one way and others another way? God rains on the just an unjust and He is no respecter or persons (Acts:10 34) That was a hard pill for me to swallow this morning. However, as these things were laid on my heart, I was also reminded that at the end of the day in this situation, GOD has won the victory. At the end of the day whether this was something God allowed or human failure or the devil...God won the victory because Dr. Myles Munroe, his wife Ruth, Dr. Richard , Lavard, Radel and their son and the other precious souls that were apart of the crash were in Christ. The question remains, can we say the same about ourselves? Can we also say like them that we are living a life of purpose, passion and productivity? No, not all of us will be on world stages like they were, but what difference are we making in our homes, churches, work environments and communities? Again, everything God allows has a greater purpose and maybe, just maybe God allowed this to happen so that we as a country could look inward and see what we need to fix. Im not saying this is absolute or that I have the answers or that this will make the pain go away. But I do know that in the darkness of night, I was able to lay in my bed and think about my life and the things I need to change spiritually and purpose wise and I believe that many of us did that last night and I think that knowing the kinds of persons that were on that plane, they would have wanted that. May they continue to rest in paradise. May we lead lives of purpose. May we forgive, love and laugh more. May we all be ready for Gods return
Posted on: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 15:09:07 +0000
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