Why, God?

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Encouragement for your daily walk with God

Life is filled with questions. Quite often, things happen that leave us scratching our heads. And to top that off, Christ followers believe that God is ultimately in control of all things — even those head-scratchy-kind-of-things. So at some time or another, we fire our questions to Him. Haven’t you? Haven’t you at some point looked up to heaven and asked, “Why, God?”

The disciples were not any different from us. In John Chapter 9, they saw a blind man while walking the streets of Jerusalem. That’s when the “Why?” question came up. Why did God allow this man to be born blind? Was it because of his own sin, or was it punishment for something his parents had done?

Their focus was merely on the consequences suffered in life alone—an earthly perspective. But Jesus opened their minds to see a greater, eternal agenda. Jesus responded, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but that the works of God should be revealed in him.” John 9:3 NKJV

God allowed this man to be born blind, knowing it would serve as the backdrop for an enduring lesson. And beyond that, this miracle would lead to a greater work in this man’s life, as he placed His faith in Jesus as the Son of God (John 9:35-38).

God allows confusing things to happen at times, things that will be best for us in the long-term, even though it doesn’t seem like it in the short-term. So the next time God allows a confusing turn in your life, remember that He has an eternal agenda. You can completely trust that it’s for your utmost good—and His glory!

And His disciples asked Him, saying, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” John 9:2 NKJV