On the Heart: God is Good
by Angela Stukkie
1 Corinthians 2:16 “For who has known the mind of the Lord, that he will instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.”
How do we deal with our pain? With the bad things that happen to us and others? We often question God, don’t we?
We want to understand. We want answers. We want to tell God it shouldn’t have happened. In a sense, we pretend to know what is good for us, what we should have and what should happen to us.
But how do we, as finite and sinful beings presume to tell a righteous, sovereign and infinite God what He should and shouldn’t do? We are not promised an easy life, but we are asked to place our trust in God.
Not everything in life is going to make sense because we can’t see the big picture like God can. That does not give us the right to question whether or not God knows what He is doing. We know that God can handle our questions and emotions; look at the Psalms.
However, there is a difference between asking God why as we express our anger and hurt and questioning His goodness and His decisions. We can ask God what His plan is without questioning that He has done what is best in his infinite wisdom.
When the pain becomes real, as it often does, God wants us to turn to Him and trust Him. Pour your heart out to Him, but don’t pretend you have the power to instruct God. Above all, never doubt that God is good through it all.
