It Doesn't Make Any Sense

Reflections4Life March 9, 2014

“It Doesn't Make Any Sense”

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.” Proverbs 3:5,6

Scripture Contemplation: Job 34; Psalm 128; Proverbs 16; Jeremiah 29:11; 1 Corinthians 2:8-10; Hebrews 4:12...

I don't know. It doesn't make any sense. How could this happen? Why do these things keep happening? Is God even there? Is He even listening to me? Is this journey in vain? Is there even any purpose to holding on and having faith? What is going on!? I trusted and believed, and still!

Those are just a few of the things that crossed my mind and my lips this past week after yet another devastating blow happened in my life. Have you been there? Are you there now? How are you faring in your faith? There are many things that will happen in our life that will not make any sense at all. Yet, the Father wants us to hold on. To maintain our faith. Seems like a lot to ask for; especially when you have been holding on for so long.

I declare and decree that this week's Reflections will be a continued source of encouragement and inspiration for your heart, mind, and soul. As it is very easy to give up and let go, I ask that you would do the harder thing: hold on. Do not let go of the promises of God; regardless of what it looks like or how long you have been waiting; keep holding on. It takes a lot more to keep holding on. But if you continue to trust God, He will see you through.

I cannot even begin to tell you the heartache, the disappointment, the confusion that I experienced this past week. It was so heart-wrenching and emotionally debilitating. Even when you know you have done all that you could do; you have believed, trusted God, had faith; you still find yourself asking God why because it just doesn't make any sense.

My mind could not comprehend any reason for what took place. It didn't make any sense to me whatsoever. Yet, in the stillness of my heart, I can hear God say: I got you. However, I could hear a “but” on my part. But why God? But how God? Why did you let this happen? Wasn't my faith strong enough? Didn't I believe? So why? It doesn't make any sense. Please help me to understand.

We are going to experience things in this lifetime that we are just not going to understand. It will not make any sense to us at all, and God will ask us to have faith; to keep believing Him and trusting that He is working all things out. The Father understands clearly what He is asking of us, and how hard it may be when it just doesn't make any sense to us.

The Father also understands that many of us will falter in our faith. We will waver in our belief in Him and what He has spoken concerning our lives. Yet, He still admonishes us to hold on, have faith, and keep believing. But how? How do we keep believing and holding on when it seems as though we have waited so long for the manifestations of the promises? When, we have held onto faith and believed, as everything around us has launched a full-scale attack upon us? How can God possibly expect us to keep believing when it doesn't make any sense?

Because God knows what He has declared and decreed over our lives. He knows that if we continue to trust Him where we cannot trace Him; if we continue to have faith in the midst of adversity; if we continue to praise Him in the midst of heartache; if we continue to believe in spite of the hurt and disappointments; we will receive the full manifestations of what we have been waiting and pray for.

Jeremiah 29:11-13 “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. 12 Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. 13 And you will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.”

Galatians 6:9 “And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart.”

I know how hard it can get sometimes. I know how devastating it can be to have waited so long, and be disappointed to the point that you want to just give up; give up on life, give up on faith; give up on God. I implore you to not give up. To keep holding on and exercising your faith.

Many times we look at the clock and we get overwhelmed by the time as we see it ticking past, and as we grow older. Our focus is no longer on what God has spoken and decreed in our lives, but it is focused on the time that is passing and how long we have waited.

God is always on time. And whatever He has promised it shall come to pass if we continue to believe and have faith, and do not let go or grow weary in our waiting. Yes; easier said than done. But just as any other muscle in our body, our faith is a muscle that needs to be worked out daily. It needs to be exercised on a daily basis, so that it may become strong and immovable.

The Father works in seasons. He is outside of time. And whatever God has spoken concerning your life, it will come to pass in dues season. Our focus must not be on time but on God. It must remain on the Father and not the circumstances. I am most certain Job felt the same; that he was doing everything right in his life; pleasing to God. Even he learned some things about his life. Yet God still blessed him double for what was taken.

I look at the Hebrew boys in the furnace. They were stolen from their homes. Stripped of their names and culture. But they held onto their faith. They believed God. Trusted God even as they were being thrown into the fire. Their faith remained so strong, that they understood that even death would still bring them the ultimate pleasure of being in the presence of God.

Consider Daniel. It would have been far easier to bow, but he refused to change or compromise his faith in God. It didn't make any sense; he'd represented God. Stayed true to his faith and worship, and his reward was to be thrown into the lion's den? He believed. Had faith in God to do just what He said.

How many of us can say the same? Especially in the times when things just don't make any sense? Will you remain faithful? Will you continue to believe and trust God? Will you keep the faith, and recognize that you have already won and that God will not make you ashamed?

Isaiah 61:7 “Instead of your shame you shall have double honor, And instead of confusion, they shall rejoice in their portion. Therefore in their land, they shall possess double; Everlasting joy shall be theirs.”

I implore you to hold on. Even when it doesn't make any sense. Even when what you are experiencing seems counterproductive to the faith you have been exercising. Trust God. No matter what it looks like. Keep believing and speaking the word of God. We are declared the winners, regardless of what it may appear to be right now.

I decree that the spirit of peace and of prosperity has found permanent rest in your lives. Though it may not make any sense the things you are faced with; have faith in God to see you through. Believe that God has a plan and purpose for your life and that even these setbacks and disappointments are all a part of making you ready for the manifestations of His blessings in your life. Have faith. You are Blessed. Now go...and Be a Blessing!

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