Why Me?

“Simon, Simon! Indeed, Satan has asked for you, that he may sift you as wheat” (Luke 22:31 NKJV)

One phone call can change your life; forever. One call bearing bad news and your life will never be the same. You are going through life doing the best you can and then, “Ka-pow!” A regular Monday or a lazy Tuesday with no expected events and then suddenly it happens. You can’t help but ask, “Why me?”

Now you may be a Super Saint and not say it, but for the rest of us, we generally have that thought. Job had a good life up until the day Satan asked to have a go at him. Peter loved Jesus and felt that he would even give his life for Him. Then Satan asked to have a go at him as well. The mysterious thing is, God let him. Why would God do such a thing? I don’t know. But He did it.

There are a lot of unanswered questions in regards to what God does or does not do. Even if we had the answer it would still not make sense to us. God has His reasons for doing what He does and allowing what He does. You and I just have to keep trusting Him. It is hard for us to accept that God has enough confidence in our trust in Him that He would allow such things to happen. But He does.

So the next time, or for the first time, the “thing” happens to you, or perhaps it already has; remember that it was run by God before it ever came upon you. Take out a coin the next time you need a reminder: In God we Trust.