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Introduction
Just like David, my why questions allow me to go before my heavenly Father and pour out my heart to Him. They help me process what I am going through. What are some of your why questions?
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Have you ever talked to God about them? I want you to take a minute and get a pen and piece of paper. Then I want you to write down all your why questions. Try to remember each of those why questions that kept you awake at night.
For some of you, it may be a single why question that has plagued you for years. For others, it may be a long list of whys that have changed as often as your circumstances. Did you make a list? How did it feel to write down your why questions? Was it a relief, or did it make you angry to put your whys on paper? Were your why questions answered? Or did most of your questions go unanswered? But He does promise they will find their greater purpose in light of His greater story of redemption.
If I am honest, I find that as I look at my list, there is a sense of peace that comes from owning my own why questions. When I continue to ask why, somewhere deep inside me the repeated questioning and lack of answers feeds a sense of entitlement. When that sense of entitlement grows, it usually leads to bitterness. But there is an alternative. Instead, He changed the why question to how. Neither this man nor his parents sinned, said Jesus, but this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him. I promise you will find more purpose and joy in your life if you set aside the why and begin to ask how.
But the Bible does reveal to us that sometimes God uses things He hates — things like cancer, divorce, suicide, addiction, death, and more — to accomplish the things He loves.