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This page is reserved for all prisoners of this world who want to share their Christian life in  Prison.

 A voice from prison. 

Updated  02-01-2010

THE QUESTION IS WHY?
By Hratch Balozian.

          We should never ask "Why" in the sense of demanding that God explain or justify His actions or what He permits in our lives. We may not demand of a sovereign Creator that He explain Himself to His creatures. God has good and sufficient reasons for His actions; we trust His sovereign wisdom and love.
          When I say we should never ask "Why?" I an not talking about the reactive and spontaneous cry of anguish when calamity first befalls us or one we love. Rather, I am speaking of a persistent and demanding" why" that has an accusatory tone toward God in it. The former is a natural human behavior, the latter is a sinful human reaction. Three of the Psalms begin with why: Why do you stand far off? Why have you forsaken me? Why have you rejected us forever? Ps. 10, 22, 74. But each of those psalms ends on a note of trust in god. The Psalm writer did nor allow them to take root and grow into accusations against God. Their" Whys" were really cries of anguish, a natural reaction to pain.
          By contrast, there are sixteen "Whys" in the Book Of Job. Sixteen times Job asked God "Why". He is persistent and petulant. He is accusatory toward God. And, as has been observed by many, God never answered Job's Whys. Instead He answered "Who". 
          I have long since quit seeking the answer to that question "Why" in my own life... God owes me no explanation. He has the right to do what He wants, and how he wants. Why? Because He is God... Job didn't need to know why these things happened as they did-- he just needed to know who was responsible and who was in control. He just needed to know God.
          In using Job as an example of asking why in a bad or sinful sense, I do not mean to denigrate Job. I know that I have asked that question many times under obviously far less trying circumstances than the calamities that over came Job. God Himself commended Job's righteousness to us. But God was not only dealing with Job; He recorded those dealings for our benefit that we might learn from them. And it seems clear that one of the lessons God wants us to learn from Job's experiences is to stop asking "Why".
          But though we should never ask a demanding "Why", we may and should ask god to enable us to understand what He may be teaching us through a particular experience. But even here we must be careful that we are not seeking to satisfy our souls by finding some spiritual "Good" i the adversity. Rather we must trust god that He is working in the experience for our good, even when we see no beneficial results. We must learn to trust god when He doesn't tell us why, when we do not understand what He is doing.
          In closing, this is my prayer, Gracious Lord, I confess I have periods of rebellion when I hold you at arm's length. My will has had to be softened and remolded until I am willing to trust you. You have all the authority. Possess my mind with clear convictions that you are in charge of my life and the lives of those about whom I am concerned. I surrender myself and them to you. Brand in my heart and on my mind great truth that Paul wrote while he was in prison:" I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me" Philippians 4:13. Let me have that kind of faith, which enabled Paul to run the race that you had marked out for him, no matter what difficulty or suffering befell him. In Christ Name Amen.