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Stop asking "Why?" and ask "How?"

  • Writer: Mal
    Mal
  • Aug 21, 2019
  • 2 min read

Updated: Aug 18, 2021

I have found myself lately asking God over and over again "why this" and "why that?"


Stuck in so much confusion and pain.


It was only then of course God slapped me in the face with what I needed to hear. I was sitting in church on Sunday, honestly not wanting to be there, and of course our Pastor speaks about exactly what was laying on my heart. He reminded us that EVERYONE is going to go through trials and hard times. This road was never meant be easy, and it was never meant to be painless. But it's during those times that we are supposed to turn to God not away from Him.



We are not supposed to ask Him why He is making go through this, but instead, how can He use us through this. WHICH IS SO HARD. It is next to impossible sometimes to not want to scream at the Lord or get angry about the way life is going, so it is even harder to have to humble yourself during those hard times to ask Him what he wants to do with you and how He wants to use you.

I am honestly still not sure the answer to that question, but I know that my prayers have finally shifted from WHY to HOW and it gives you more courage than you thought you could have ever had. It is allowing me to work on myself and figure out where I fell short of being the best version of myself.






James 1:1-5 says, "Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you."


Those verses speak volumes.

He asks you to try and FIND JOY in the times you want to scream at Him. How intense is that. Wow.

BUT He also ask that you persevere so that He can finish His work in you, and I am clinging to that. I know His plans for me are far better than ones I could ever think of for myself. I truly know that His thoughts are higher than my thoughts and so are His ways higher than mine. He is a God of boundless grace, so He doesn't put you through something you cannot handle. As I seek Him, it is hard for me to not ask for the selfish desires of my heart, and I wholeheartedly believe it is OK to pray for those things. You just also have to trust that even if His plans are not the same desires of your heart, that he will provide. Cling to that today if you are struggling, and know we get to be loved by the BEST FATHER IN THE WORLD.



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