Why
do bad things happen to good people?
It
is so easy for a person to accept a consequence out of his misdeeds for he is
guilty; but how can he accept a consequence out of upright and decent living?
This
is one of the most celebrated questions of many people worldwide. Yet is one of
the hardest mystery of life where people sometimes are being misled by their
limited human perspective.
Some
people answer this question with good and bad karma belief. Others have a
thought that suffering is a normal portion of our daily routine on earth while
the rest still continue to ask God why such suffering strikes them with no fair
reason because they believe they are good people.
Well,
the story of Job about his long-term suffering might not totally answer the
question but it shows us the right and wrong ideas and feelings of people about
suffering. Also, it paves the way for everyone on how we should certainly react
when such circumstances caught us by surprise.
Job
is a wise, rich, honorable man living decently and faithfully in the name of
God. But then one day, God took his ten children and all his wealth plus he
bore a painful skin disease. He shove his head off in mourning and yet still
he praised Him, and for a fraction of second never had he dared ask God about
his excruciating suffering. Three of his friends came by to see him and gave
interpretations about his suffering. They told him that God is punishing him
for his sins. Job insisted that it is not true and he became so discouraged but
he still believed that God cares about him, though he didn’t know the answer
why he must suffer so.
Well,
in the end, God gave his answer about everything that happened to him. He told
him that people don’t know how great God is. His three friends surely lack
understanding about God. Finally, God
restored his health and wealth twice as rich as he had been before plus another
ten children. Job realized that no obstacle should hinder his trust in Him.
This
is a reminder that God is in control of our life. No matter what happens to us,
we must not stumble nor shake our trust and faith in Him. We must believe that
everything will be alright because God knows more about His plan for us. God
may allow Satan to intervene us but, we must understand that we are born of God,
who is indestructible and powerful. If God is stronger than Satan, then we must
bear that inheritance in our DNA. It’s in our blood, all over our body. We must
prove that we are sons and daughters of God by neither being strong in the
midst of every neither trial nor suffering.
Nothing
should separate us from His love!
Live
by faith, not by what we see (2
Cor. 5:7) for God is bigger and
far greater more than what we can ever imagine. All we have to do is trust Him
and ask for his everlasting strength, wisdom and comfort so we may not be
shaken in whatever we go through for God loves and cares for us more than what
we think, more than what we feel, and more than everything else. Thus His love
is beyond our human understanding.
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