I’ve often wondered like I know a lot of others do, why when we pray for healing of a loved one who is facing a life threatening illness it doesn’t happen. I’ve wondered why sometimes we pray for someone not to die yet they die. I’ve wondered why people die in the prime of their lives, I’ve wondered why babies die. Recently, God made me to understand something about this seeming contrast to his faithful nature.
What would we have said if such a person who has been ill for a long time lives but remains a vegetable for the rest of his/her life? What would we say if someone who has otherwise known God lives but turns his back on God? What would we say if a child lives but becomes the very source of sorrow to his or are parent either through sickness or becoming a criminal?
It seems in our sentimental state, we often overlook the fact that God knows best and He even knows all – He knows what will happen not only this minute or tomorrow but also in a thousand years time. No wonder he chooses to make the best move even when it doesn’t look to us as that – He’s still being faithful – faithful enough to make all things work for our good (Romans 8:28)
We should not invite God into any situation except we are ready for Him to take charge. The moment we invite Him in, He takes charge and turns things around in our favor. Sometimes it seems like everything is going the wrong way, everything seems to be going in the exact opposite direction of what we think or believe they should go. At times like this, we should trust in the God who said in Jeremiah 29:11 “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end”.
God never does anything halfway- he’s a finisher (Philippians 1:6) and when He says for us to lay our cares and burdens at His feet and He means that, we on our part need to LET GO in our thoughts and deeds remembering Isaiah 55:9 “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts”. We need to LET GOD believing that in all things, he will make the very BEST move as concerns us.
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