“…Who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the things formed say to Him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?”
The Christian faith is not built on “why,” a word that usually asks a question. It is also built on “that," which states a fact. The Bible does not often tell us why certain things are true, but it does tell us that certain things are true. God does not feel the need to explain Himself to us, for He wants us to live by faith instead of by sight. I want to look at a few examples of “why” and “that." We are not told why God created us as He did but that He created us as He did - in His image. This does not mean that we look like God but that He created us in His spiritual image. We are more than skin, bones, tissue and organs. We are more than warm bodies. We do not know why we are created in God’s image, but we know that we are created in His image. God created us to have fellowship with Him. Augustine wrote: “You have created us for yourself and we are restless until we find our rest in you.” The fact is that God created us to need Him. God created us to want to know Him and long for His presence. God created us to need to converse with Him, i.e., to pray. We are not told why God loves us but that He loves us. The premier statement of this is found in John 3:16: “For God so loved the world that He gave us His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life." No explanation is given for this love, and if one was given we would probably not understand it. The fact is that God loves us and that it is our responsibility to believe it. We are to believe that God loved us enough to give His Son in order for us to have eternal life. We are told of this love again in Romans 5:8: “But God commends His love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us.” We are not told why God wants to use us in His service, but that he does use us. It seems odd that an omnipotent, sovereign God would need us. We know that God put Adam in the Garden to “dress and keep it.” He sent Moses to lead the Israelites out of Egypt. God could have done either of these, but He chose to use both Adam and Moses to do them. It is not clear why God uses us, but it is certainly true that He does. God doesn’t need us, but we need Him and we need to be used of Him. We don’t know why He does, but we know that He does. It is not our lot to know “why”, but it is our responsibility to know “that.” Stop questioning and obey. Bro. Joe
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