Trust In a Sovereign God
How do you respond when tragedy strikes your family? I had to grapple with that question when our thirteen-year-old son Samuel was diagnosed with a rare neurological disorder that took away his ability to run. Barbara and I grieved for our son and his loss. It's in these moments that what you truly know about God will determine how you process circumstances that make no sense. At various points in our lives we will likely face difficult experiences that leave us with thorny questions, questions that remain unanswered.
Why would God allow a child we know to be sexually molested?
Why do so many couples who desperately want children, find themselves infertile?
Why do some spouses who have every reason to remain faithful, suddenly abandon their families?
Why would God seemingly take a good young person to heaven and leave an evil old person here?
While Scripture rarely provides simple answers to such questions, it does invite us to trust the God who in the midst of adversity promises to be our Great Shepherd, gathering us in His arms and carrying us close to His heart (40:11).When the Bible asserts that God is in control, it invites us to believe that evil does not have the last word. A loving, sovereign God can be trusted to overwhelm present evils. In our own situation, a hint of how God is using adversity to mold our character came one evening when Samuel and I were driving home from the grocery store. As we talked about his limitations, Samuel turned from gazing out the window, looked at me, and said resolutely, "Well, Dad, I guess you don't need legs to serve God."
The Scriptures never promise that Christians will be kept from adversity. But God does promise to provide grace to face the challenges and to use trials to make us more like Jesus Christ.
Taken from FamilyLife Marriage Bible
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