Have you ever felt
that life is unfair?
Have your prayed and
called out to God and asked Him…
Why the good people
suffer unnecessarily and the evil goes unpunished?
Why do You allow
this?
This is not a new
question.
We can read in the
Bible about Habakkuk, the prophet that lived in the times of deep national
distress.
The Babylonian army
was poised to sweep across the country and destroy everything at its path.
The prophet agreed
with the Lord that the Judah was deserving of His judgment.
But how could Go use
such evil people as His rod of discipline?
Habakkuk cried out to
God and asked:
“Your eyes are too
pure to look on evil; you cannot tolerate wrong. Why then do you tolerate the
treacherous? Why are you silent while the wicked swallow up those more
righteous than themselves?”
Hab. 1:13
Many times we bring
this same prayer to God’s feet.
“Dear God, why do you
let evil people get away with what they are doing? And why you let bad things
to happen to good people? Why is the life so unfair? Let me learn Your ways so
I can understand Your wisdom behind this all. I sincerely do not get it! It
seems so contrary to me. Give me the assurance that everything is going
according to Your plan and show me what I should do. It is hard to not know
everything but allow me to humble myself and accept my place. Let me be guided
by You. Amen.”
This message is part of the Prayer Monday
series.
