When God's Ways Make No Sense to You (Episode 110)

Sometimes, God’s ways won’t make much sense to you. It’s like you’re adding one and one and you’re getting three. This episode underscores the point that sometimes, God’s instructions or guidance to us will defy human logic.

A good example is recorded in the book of Genesis. God miraculously opened Sarah’s womb to bless Abraham with a son at the age of 100. Then God tested Abraham. He told him to offer young Isaac for a burnt offering.

This made no sense to Abraham. Isaac was Abraham’s miracle baby. He was God’s answer to Abraham’s complaint that he did not have a son to be his heir. How could Isaac become Abraham’s heir and be a burnt offering at the same time?

Nevertheless, Abraham obeyed the Lord. He had to believe that God knew what He was doing because Abraham surely didn’t know what God was up to.

Another Example

One of the most perplexing events in the Bible is the experience of Job in the Old Testament. According to the very first verse of the book of Job, he was perfect and upright. He feared God and hated evil. But God allowed the devil to devastate Job’s life. He lost everything and everybody except his wife. And she told Job he needed to curse God and die.

To our human mind, what happened to Job makes no sense. The most righteous man in his day suffered more than the vilest sinner of his day. Some people may be tempted to ask themselves like, what’s the value of faithfully living for the Lord if things can turn out that way?

Conclusion

Sometimes, you may find yourself in a place in life where you can’t find any biblical reason why you are where you are in life. Remember that God’s ways are higher than ours. We don’t intuitively know His ways. That’s one reason we must study the Bible. It is our only source for understanding God’s ways—at least in part.

The bottom line is that when what God is doing in your life makes no sense to you, you must place your faith in Him. That’s what faith is all about—trusting God even when what’s happening in your life makes absolutely no sense to you. You must believe that God knows how to make all things work together for your good. Even when what’s happening in your life makes no sense to you.