WHY DO BAD THINGS...

QUESTION

Why do bad things happen to good people, why does God allow such harshness to happen to the undeserving and innocent?

ANSWER

First, and I know this may seem harsh and unpleasant to take in, but it is not our place to question God and try to understand why he moves like he moves or allows unpleasantries to occur, that is not our business. It is however our obligation to trust God and have faith that he is justly and righteously handling all in a way that his glory may be seen and received. Remember walking with God does not exempt us from experiencing discomfort and hurt in the world, walking with God gives us the authority to become an overcomer in spite of. I want you to understand harshness and pain is inevitable, from the moment Adam and Eve bit into the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil and brought the existence of sin into the world, the devil has had access to our lives. This brings me to my next point, we must remember we are living in the midst of a war between the Kingdom of Heaven and the depths of hell. Just as the Lord has assigned his angels to bring about his glory in our life and into the world so has the devil assigned his demons to destroy that glory by his torment, torture, temptation and presence of sins, thus the meaning of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil.

You see, troubling times are meant to bring about the glory of God, that even though the innocent and undeserving may experience the harshness of life, it is through that harshness that the glory of God may come to be a conquer over all that has been assigned from the pit of hell to break and/or destroy. Harsh times though used by the devil to kill the glory of God, God in opposition to his adversary uses that harshness as fertile soil for the planting of his glorious seed to take root, sprout and serve a greater purpose on earth for those he places on our path that may need to see that it is indeed possible for the glory of God to flourish through the grit and grime of sorrow, grief and the hardness/bad of life.

Now it will not be easy, but it is possible to become a survivor, overcomer and obtainer of God's glory. And as cliché as it may sound the way to get through the bad times is to seek God first, not seek him for an understanding but seek him for his saving grace of the mind, heart and soul for the brokenness and despair that the bad/harshness of life has caused. Here are a couple of scriptures I hope brings you enlightenment and encouragement as you deal with this.

Read about the life of Jesus in the books of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. Read how Jesus was tempted, tormented, tortured by the devil and ultimately killed, however as you read look at all the glory of God that came unto all mankind in the past, present and future by the bad Jesus experienced. And after you come into an understand of that then see how Jesus received the greatest glory in Heaven and upon earth, to be named the son of the Most High God and be reverenced as such forever.

Matthew 5:45…All things happen to each one of us alike, rather a good person or bad.

Genesis 50:20…What the devil meant for bad God will use for good.

Ecclesiastes 3…A season for all things to happen in our life.

Proverbs 3:5…Trust God and lean not to your own understanding.

John 10:10...The purposes of satan and God.

Job 1:6-12 (and/or whole book of Job)...Where bad comes from and why we experience it; War between God and the devil; Even though we go through bad things the glory of God is greater; Testing of those who belong to God; Faith building/establishing.

1John 3:8...Jesus's purpose to destroy works of the devil who produces sin.

Sin is what produces the bad in life. What do I mean? The moment someone makes the choice to sin it is that moment consequence is released upon the earth. The consequence that effects the sinner and the consequence that affects the one who sin comes up against. However, when consequence is released so is the goodness of God ready to combat that consequence with the desire of his glory to be victorious over the kingdom of hell and bring the sinner and the sinned against into holy accord with him. We do not control the actions of others however we do experience the actions of others that's why Jesus taught to love God and then love your neighbor just as you love yourself. Jesus knew that love is the key to moving in righteousness upon the earth and rebuking the devil and his sinful living. Now there are some bad things that happen out of ignorance, misguidance and misfortune all around, here is where the practice of leaning not to our own understanding has to be strongly applied, and the intent of the person who was badly hurt has to not be focused on the act of what caused them pain but on the process of healing and coming into harmony with self.