Why are Bad things happening to me?….I’m A Christian!
Life can seem like a journey of Ups & Down’s sometimes, good things happen and bad things also inevitably happen (unfortunately) and a most common question amongst both believers and unbelievers is, why did God let these bad things happen? Is it because we’ve been bad, or to punish us? Well the answer to that is NO.
More often than not, God lets things come into our lives, not to destroy us but to build us up in character and help us become who we where destined before the beginning of time to be. Trials are not meant to put us down they are meant to build us up.
God knew you before the thought of a being like you even emerged on this earth, he knew your before the beginning of the earth, he made you just the way you are for a reason, he says ” Behold, I have carved you on the palms of My hands (Isaiah 49:16)”, he knows us even to tiny details about us, check this out “even the very hairs of your head are all numbered (Matthew 10:30)”, do you have every strand of your hair numbered? I’m guessing the answer to that is an Obvious NO! He knows you better than you know yourself
His plans for you are Far Greater Than Yours Could Ever Be!!
I could write a thousand words about how God’s plan for you is always the best plan, I could tell you stories or even include videos of people whose life God’s plan was made manifest, though that would be extremely helpful, I will not do that in this case, what I want to do now is take you face to face with what God has to say about his plans, I want to drive home just three short points.
Let me take you on a little Journey, Please Come with Me…
1 – He does not think the same way we do!
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the LORD. As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. Isaiah 55:9″ – This portion of scripture is marvelous (as so the whole scriptures) let this passage be a mirror for you and remind you that if God’s ways are so vastly different from our ways then we will inevitably not always understand what he is doing, and it may seldom make no sense to us, however if we wait on him and trust him, it will make more sense than we could ever have imagined, we can learn to trust God more by really falling in love with him and having an active relationship with him, think of it like a marriage, would you talk to your wife/husband once a week on a Sunday ? You would talk daily, and as you know him/her better your trust for him/her will increase, when you have an active relationship with God your trust will increase.
2 – He is THE master planner!
He didn’t put you on this earth for nothing, He has a plan specifically for you, Ephesians 1:11 says – “In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will” – This piece of scripture shows us that God has planned for us, even before our existence and everything that happens in our life is to enable us to be changed more to fit the purpose of his plan.
Romans 8:28 says “we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.”- There is a valuable lesson to be learned here, God calls us to his purpose, he plans for us, he lets both good and bad things get into our life, so we can be in the best shape to fulfill our Destiny; to do what we have predestined us to do, and because of this any bad things that happen to us is nothing compared to the glory that we will see in heaven, or on earth when we see Gods work coming to a completion in us.
Look at it this way, ever been to the gym? First its hard, and you feel pain afterwards, but after perseverance and consistency you begin the pain begins to go away, you become more confident about it, and before you know it, you see the muscles coming out! its the same concept with trials in our lives, they are not to destroy us, even if they hurt, just like the gym hurts, it would be just for a while 
3 – Doe’s it all come down to Love?
In the scripture above (Romans 8:28) The promise there includes this “all things good works for the good of those who love him” not only is loving God a prerequisite to be able to stand on this promise and fully proclaim its promises and any other promise in the bible, it also shows that the Christian life is more of a relationship with God than anything else, again think of it like a marriage, in marriage love doesn’t decrease with time, it increases, through the good times and the bad times together, they get closer. Knowing each other much better than they knew each other when they first fell in love, their love grows stronger. Our love for God grows stronger when we spend more time with him, and meditate on his word, he becomes more of a strong active reality with us, and I tell you friends when God is that real to you, even a multitude of problems can not move the very sole of your feet, the problems of the world become nothing to you, because you live in an active reality of the presence of God, This is my wish and prayer for myself and every one who reads this, that God would become so real to us, and his love would abide so much in us, that we can truly and honestly do what is said in James 1:2 “Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds”
Thank you very much for coming on this journey with me, Remember that no matter what happens, God’s plan will always prevail, and strive to get closer to him everyday, let his love be real in you, and let his light shine through you, so when the darkness of troubles and trials come (which they will) Your light would be shining so bright it would do nothing but re-enforce the truth that you are a shining light, SHINE TO THE WORLD FRIENDS!
Shalom!
PS: I encourage you to forward this and share this with any friends or family you know that may be going through trials, be a blessing.
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