Asking Why?

[Desopixi Seilynam]

God has mercy on whom He will have mercy,
and whom He will He hardens.

You will say to me then,
Why does He yet find fault?
For who hath resisted His will?

Nay but O man, who are you to reply to God?
Shall the thing formed reply against God?

Shall the thing formed formed say to Him that formed it,
Why have you made me like this? [I know I've said it...]

But has not the potter power over His own creation
to make one vessel unto honor [a golden chandelier]
and another unto dishonor [a toilet] ?    {Romans 9:18-21}

But what says the scripture?
The word of God is near you, even in your mouth,
and in your heart, that you may hear it and do it.
[ Romans 10:6-8 Paul is quoting Deuteronomy 30:12-14]

And that is the word of faith which we preach;

That if you profess with your mouth that the Lord Jesus is the Messiah 
and believe in your heart that God rose Him from the dead,
you shall be saved.  {Romans 10:8-9}

And, Let everyone that names the name of Christ,
depart from iniquity.

In a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver,
but also of wood and clay, and some to honor,
and some to dishonor.

If a man purge himself from dishonor,
he shall be a vessel unto honor  {2 Timothy 2:19-21}

How can a man cleanse his way?
By taking heed unto the word of God Psalm 119:9

 

The Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God.
1 Corinthians 2:10

 

[David1701]

15 hours ago, rainbowAlice said:

I think it must just must be me. In my personal walk with Christ in faith I have found that by putting all of my emotions and expectations into, for example, "PLEASE FATHER!" followed by the Lord's Prayer, "for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him. This then is how you should pray..." Matthew 6:8-9 tends to elliminate, for me, the necessity to delve further with questions like "why".

I thank you and all the others that took the time to even read my excerpt and help broaden my understanding through personal experience and scripture. I am new and learning. Please don't stop!

6:8-9 

The Lord's Prayer is a kind of template, to show what our basic priorities ought to be.

If don't feel the need to ask why certain things happen, then that's absolutely fine; although, I would say that the Lord can give us helpful understanding that way (e.g. if there's something that we could change, to improve matters in the future).

[Leonardo Von]

On 6/21/2021 at 1:39 AM, Reinitin said:

I think it's fine to ask God why. Moses, Joshua and david asked him,why? Several old and new testiment saints did. And so did Jesus. Why have you forsaken me?

Understanding is a gift of the Spirit. God makes clear his purposes to us. John 17, Jesus said,  this is eternal life. To know the one rrue God and his son. We will never know him or Understand him if WE we can"t ask him, why?  His thought abs ways are not ours. 

 

Indeed. We need to keep in touch with Jesus as our friend (John 15:15).

[Reinitin]

11 minutes ago, Leonardo Von said:

Indeed. We need to keep in touch with Jesus as our friend (John 15:15).

Amen! We shoulf walk the narrow path with the Lord if we are wise.