Why? Why? Why?

Nº 363

JuLY 15, 2025

Would you lose your sorrows? Would you drown your cares? Then go plunge yourself in the Godhead’s deepest sea; be lost in His immensity; and you shall come forth as from a couch of rest, refreshed and invigorated. - C.H. Spurgeon

Decades ago, a bereft father explained to me the tragic details of his young son’s accidental death a few years earlier. It was painful to tell and painful to hear.

He shared that the first six months he turned his back on God, asking why a good God would allow such a tragedy. Then one summer’s night, outside and alone with his thoughts, he looked to the stars and said, "You wouldn’t be much of a God if I could understand all you are doing." That started him on his road to a new and deeper confidence in God.

Habakkuk struggled with God. He asked the same questions we ask today. Why would God allow painful events, and how long would this misery last?

After Habakkuk received a glimpse of God’s power, he had a visceral reaction and a new lens through which to view his pain. He wrote, “Though the fig tree should not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines, the produce of the olive fail, and the fields produce no food, . . . yet I will rejoice in the Lord; I will take joy in the God of my salvation.” (Habakkuk 3:17-18)

The answer to why is always Who.

Excelsior,

Dan Bolin