Funeral for Unexpected Death
Bob Ingle
Judges 6:13
Anytime someone as young and as vibrant as Sean dies, it is an absolute shock. We say, ''He was too young. He had too much to live for. He had a great future ahead. He had a supportive, loving family. He had so much potential.'' And the inevitable question is why? Why God? Why would You allow this happen? Let me just say asking 'why' isn't a wrong thing to do. It's normal. Matter of fact, in the bible we find that even the best people with the strongest faith raised questions for God
Gideon was a great warrior for God but his question in Judges 6:13 was this, ''...if the Lord is with us, why has all this happened to us?'' Ever been there?
King David, who God said was a man after his own heart, lifted his voice to heaven and asked, ''Why, O Lord, do you stand far off? Why do you hide Yourself in times of trouble?'' Ever felt like that?
And even Jesus, the Son of God Himself, hanging on the cross of Calvary with his armed stretched wide, and his head lifted up said, ''My God, My God why have You forsaken Me?''
Sincerely asking God why is normal, even ok. But we have to be prepared to know that we probably won't get the answer we're looking for. Most of the time God give us the answer of 1 Cor. 13:12 that says, ''Now we see things imperfectly as in a cloudy mirror, but then we will see everything with perfect clarity. All that I know now is partial and incomplete, but then I will know everything completely, just as God now knows me completely.'' In other words, we do not see ourselves, we don't see our situation, and we do not see the world like God does. We do not have His vantage point. We don't have his perspective. To put it bluntly, it's impossible for finite beings to understand infinite truth.
Someone said, ''Life can only be understood backward, but must be lived forward.'' One of these days, God will show us the purpose, but for now we've got to look up, trust God, and carry on.
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Bob Ingle
Judges 6:13
Anytime someone as young and as vibrant as Sean dies, it is an absolute shock. We say, ''He was too young. He had too much to live for. He had a great future ahead. He had a supportive, loving family. He had so much potential.'' And the inevitable question is why? Why God? Why would You allow this happen? Let me just say asking 'why' isn't a wrong thing to do. It's normal. Matter of fact, in the bible we find that even the best people with the strongest faith raised questions for God
Gideon was a great warrior for God but his question in Judges 6:13 was this, ''...if the Lord is with us, why has all this happened to us?'' Ever been there?
King David, who God said was a man after his own heart, lifted his voice to heaven and asked, ''Why, O Lord, do you stand far off? Why do you hide Yourself in times of trouble?'' Ever felt like that?
And even Jesus, the Son of God Himself, hanging on the cross of Calvary with his armed stretched wide, and his head lifted up said, ''My God, My God why have You forsaken Me?''
Sincerely asking God why is normal, even ok. But we have to be prepared to know that we probably won't get the answer we're looking for. Most of the time God give us the answer of 1 Cor. 13:12 that says, ''Now we see things imperfectly as in a cloudy mirror, but then we will see everything with perfect clarity. All that I know now is partial and incomplete, but then I will know everything completely, just as God now knows me completely.'' In other words, we do not see ourselves, we don't see our situation, and we do not see the world like God does. We do not have His vantage point. We don't have his perspective. To put it bluntly, it's impossible for finite beings to understand infinite truth.
Someone said, ''Life can only be understood backward, but must be lived forward.'' One of these days, God will show us the purpose, but for now we've got to look up, trust God, and carry on.
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