Why?

Among the six best friends, What, When, How, Why, Who and Where, I think the most mysterious would be Why, coming close in terms of popularity to What. Because Why alone never has a definite answer, and has many possibilities.

The few common questions where Why comes in for the few of us for the past couple of weeks would be,

Why did he erase my homework?

Why aren’t my group members helping me out?

Why did he/she pass away?

Why am I the one facing such problems?

And possibly our favourite when things seem out of hand,

Why is this happening?!

It gets very frustrating when you know that some answers aren’t found in textbooks. You don’t have an Appendix where you can refer to every single detail of the events that happen in your life. Then we begin to question higher authority. Either you bow down and pray or you just look straight up and yell, “God, WHY?”

Even though we sometimes wish He’d answer us on the spot, say, a loud, apparent voice calling out from the sky, I think if that really happened we’d all freak out and start to question our sanity of hearing voices.

It’s normal. It’s very normal to question, because we’re curious beings. If we weren’t curious, we would all still be rejoicing stark-naked in the Garden of Eden and see God face to face every day.

If you think carefully, you’d realize that most of the Why’s are generated from sad, bad, and unlucky events. Do you question why when you’ve obtained good results for your tests? Do you ask why when the weather’s good?

No. Because we don’t see the need to. Because there’s nothing to solve, or to correct.

That is how we plunge into a deep mode of negativity when things go wrong. We think that God isn’t there, He’s missed out on some of our prayer points, or He’s too busy with someone else. Or maybe He’s just playing a game that you don’t think is funny.

But here’s an awesome truth: God hangs tight with us all the way.

Maybe it’s because of His faithfulness we like to blame Him when bad things happen. Because He’s supposed to know everything right? He’s supposed to protect us, love us, keep us safe. So why is He messing around with us?

God messes around with no one.

When bad things happen God wants to work through us, through our helpful actions. He also wants to remind us that in all we do, we have to rely on Him. So that each time we comfort those who mourn, we thank Him for giving us the courage and strength to support others. So that we turn to Him when we face problems, and thank Him when the problem has been solved. So that we can share our testimonies with those around us, to encourage them to take a closer path to Him.

So that each day that we’re still breathing, we thank Him for life.

In 1 Corinthians 10:13 it says, “But God is faithful, and he will not let YOU be tempted beyond what YOU can bear, but along with the temptation he will also make the way out in order for YOU to be able to endure it.”

So when huge temptations come our way, know that it is because we are stronger than we think. With Him, we are so much stronger.

So back to the question: Why is this happening?!

John 9:3 says, “This happened so that the work of God might be displayed in his life.”

That is the Why we have to believe in.

P/S: We’re nearing the end of the semester now, pressure and stress will be knocking on our doors again. And it doesn’t help when some things turn out awry. But let’s keep our spirits up, do what we can and bring to Him what we can’t, okay?