what happens when you ask GOD why…

a key to peace in the midst of the storms of your life is to say i’m going to accept YOUr plan, GOD even when i don’t understand it.

a good question to that would be why does acceptance bring peace of mind?  and the answer is because the greatest barrier to your peace of mind is your demand for an explanation.  why is this happening to me?  i want to know.

anytime you ask GOD, why? you are setting yourself up to be disappointed.  because GOD’s not going to explain why everything happens in your life. 

whenever you start saying, “why?  why is this happening to me?  why didn’t this happen?  why did HE allow this?  why?” questions like that you’re setting yourself up to be not be at peace but to be anxious, to be in turmoil.  it always robs your peace.

the truth is you’re probably not going to get an explanation from GOD and one reason is because GOD doesn’t owe you an explanation. 

remember, GOD is GOD and i’m not.  so GOD doesn’t have to explain to me why HE does everything.  HE doesn’t have to report to me, “by the way, would this be ok with you if i do this?  is it ok if i make this little change here?”  HE doesn’t report to you.  you report to HIM.  GOD is GOD and you’re not.  so GOD doesn’t owe you an explanation for why everything happens in your life.  HE’s good and HE loves and HE knows what’s best.

two more reasons tomorrow.

just a thought from the front porch…

you blew it? big deal!…

let GOD give you a new purpose and a new direction for your life. 1 kings 19.15 (niv), the LORD came to elijah and said, “go back the way you came and go to the desert of damascus and when you get there here's what I want you to do.” HE said, “i want you to anoint ... this king, that king.” GOD gave him a new assignment. HE put him back to work.

the quickest way to defeat depression is to quit sitting around in self-pity, get your eyes off yourself and start looking at the needs of other people. get involved in their lives and get a ministry where you are giving out and GOD is giving to you. when you're looking at yourself, you're going to get discouraged. JESUS said, “lose your life to find it.” get involved in helping others.

GOD gave elijah a new job. HE said, “i'm not through with you and the job that I’m giving you is going to help people.” when you're depressed we think, “how can GOD ever use me? i am such a failure. i keep blowing it. i keep making mistakes. i discourage myself. i disappoint myself. surely i must be disappointing to GOD.”

listen. you can never disappoint GOD. why? because disappointment can only happen when somebody expects you to do something else. the fact is, GOD knows everything about you. the bible says, HE knows we're human. HE made us. the psalms says, “HE knows our frame. it is dust.” HE knows what makes us tick.

let GOD give you a new purpose and a new direction. HE's not through with you. so you blew it? big deal! GOD will pick you up and start you over. one mistake does not make you useless the rest of your life.

just a thought from the front porch…