Jesus Revealed in Doctrine WHY ME?
Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows. Matt. 10:31.
When tragedy strikes, one of the first questions asked by its victims is usually, "Why me? Why did this have to happen to me?" But after the first shock and pain is over, and we begin to become more aware of the sorrow and tragedy that is all around us in the world, the second phase is usually, "Why them? Why all these others around me that I see hurting, too?" Then we can begin to try helping others as best we can. The one who stays in the first stage, simply concerned with himself and why this had to happen to him, has problems that go on forever. The one who moves to concern for others discovers his problems diminishing.
We can see something similar in relationship to this whole world of sin. Have you ever asked why you had to be born here? When your eyes have been opened, and you see that you live in a world that has gone wrong, has your first reaction been, Why me? But God leads the poor sinner to look around him and discover that others are suffering also. His own misery changes into compassion as he looks out on a world of tragedy and asks, "Why them? Why all of them?"
But there is yet a bigger issue that we can be led to see, after our attention has been attracted away from ourselves. Why the universe? Why God? Why the broken heart of Jesus? Have you ever felt concern for them, up there?
We see a tiny fragment of the sorrow and pain of the world. We watch the news, see pictures flash past of a part of disaster--a few who are starving, one who has died. And we weep for the little we see. But God see it all. He feels each pain with His infinite heart of love, which yearns after each of His children with a desire that would have made the sacrifice of the cross for even that one. His great heart of love is broken again as our hearts are broken. And His greatest sorrow comes from those that He longs to help, who refuse to come to Him for life.
True maturity in the Christian life is less concerned with one's personal salvation than with seeking to bring relief to others, not for our sake, and not even for their sake alone--but for the sake of the God we love.
Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows. Matt. 10:31.
When tragedy strikes, one of the first questions asked by its victims is usually, "Why me? Why did this have to happen to me?" But after the first shock and pain is over, and we begin to become more aware of the sorrow and tragedy that is all around us in the world, the second phase is usually, "Why them? Why all these others around me that I see hurting, too?" Then we can begin to try helping others as best we can. The one who stays in the first stage, simply concerned with himself and why this had to happen to him, has problems that go on forever. The one who moves to concern for others discovers his problems diminishing.
We can see something similar in relationship to this whole world of sin. Have you ever asked why you had to be born here? When your eyes have been opened, and you see that you live in a world that has gone wrong, has your first reaction been, Why me? But God leads the poor sinner to look around him and discover that others are suffering also. His own misery changes into compassion as he looks out on a world of tragedy and asks, "Why them? Why all of them?"
But there is yet a bigger issue that we can be led to see, after our attention has been attracted away from ourselves. Why the universe? Why God? Why the broken heart of Jesus? Have you ever felt concern for them, up there?
We see a tiny fragment of the sorrow and pain of the world. We watch the news, see pictures flash past of a part of disaster--a few who are starving, one who has died. And we weep for the little we see. But God see it all. He feels each pain with His infinite heart of love, which yearns after each of His children with a desire that would have made the sacrifice of the cross for even that one. His great heart of love is broken again as our hearts are broken. And His greatest sorrow comes from those that He longs to help, who refuse to come to Him for life.
True maturity in the Christian life is less concerned with one's personal salvation than with seeking to bring relief to others, not for our sake, and not even for their sake alone--but for the sake of the God we love.
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