Questioning

Why do things happen the way they do?

To be totally honest, sometimes I just feel miserable.  I don’t know why.  Maybe it’s because of some sort of situation that’s going on in my life.  Maybe I’m focusing too much on something worldly, and thus I’m let down by its lack of provision for my needs.  Oh well.  At the end of the day, I don’t know why I question so much.  But now, let me ask another question.

Why do we question what God has planned so much?

The two questions I’ve posed go hand in hand.  The minute we question why things happen the way they do, we question God’s plan.  That’s what bothers me about my spells of unhappiness, being miserable, depression, whatever you wanna call it.  The minute I’m unhappy with my current situations (which, by the way, I have no reason to be unhappy about,) I have ultimately questioned God’s plan and rejected the blessings He has given me.  Not to brag or anything, but school’s paid for, I still have a job in these hard times, I have a vehicle to go to and from school…

And that’s just the material blessings God has given me!!

I couldn’t ask for a better family.  I have a great group of friends, and I have a great Christian girlfriend.  Like I said, this is no laundry list of blessings to show off or anything like that.  I would not want anyone to think that I just wanted to write a blog and boast of the good things in my life.  Honestly, I just want to express one thing:

If you really take a step back and evaluate your life, you will see enough good things in it to realize that God has blessed you.  Sure, we’ve all experienced our share of hard times, but God never said our lives would be perfect.  Have you ever read the Beatitudes?  This is the first part of the Sermon on the Mount, and it is found in and probably most referenced in Matthew 5.  Jesus, in the older translations of the Bible, would say “Blessed are” and then names a group of people, usually based on some sort of emotional standing.  He follows this name with what blessing they will receive due to their conditions.  Usually, the examples of the most downtrodden are told they will inherit the kingdom of heaven.  How awesome is that to hear in your times of despair?

My blog today is not the first in a series of “prosperity gospel” writings or anything like that, but instead a focus on how we really have to get past negativity and focus on being positive, especially because most of us really don’t have a reason to be so negative after all.  Read Jeremiah 29:11.  Realize that God’s plan has you prospering in some way, but chances are it’s not that material way we always think about or here certain preachers preach about all the time.

Bottom line: God provides.  Should that make you negative?  No.  So go ahead and smile, for crying out loud!!  Rejoice in the Lord!!  Worship Him!!  Fight the good fight!!

Your Brother in Christ,

Phillip