Bible Questions Answered:
“My easy question, why, must life be
filled with things that go wrong?...”
Sheila/ Houston, Texas U.S.A.
Bible Answer:
Job 5:7 NLT
People are born
for trouble as readily as sparks fly up from a fire.
Psalm 90:10 NLT
Seventy years
are given to us! Some even live to eighty. But even the best years
are filled with pain and trouble soon they disappear, and we
fly away.
Matthew 5:44,45 KJV
44 But I say unto you, Love your
enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you,
and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
45 That ye may be the children of your
Father which is in heaven: for He maketh His sun to rise on the
evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
All face good
times and hardships, in life, there are no exceptions!
The reasons:
*We have a spiritual enemy!
I Peter 5:8,9
KJV
8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a
roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
9 Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same
afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are
in the world.
*Life was designed to be lived.
As God's children, when we make errors, God in love corrects us.
Hebrews
12:1-13 NLT
1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of
witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that
slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let
us run with endurance the race God has set before us.
2 We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, The Champion who
initiates and perfects our faith. Because of the joy awaiting Him, He
endured the cross, disregarding its shame. Now He is seated in the
place of honor beside God’s throne.
3 Think of all the hostility He endured from sinful people; then
you won’t become weary and give up.
4 After all, you have not yet given your lives in your struggle
against sin.
5 And have you forgotten the encouraging words God spoke to you as
His children? He said,
“My child, don’t make light of The Lord’s discipline, and
don’t give up when He corrects you.
6 For The Lord disciplines those He loves, and He punishes each
one He accepts as His child.”
7 As you endure this divine discipline, remember that God is
treating you as His own children. Who ever heard of a child who is
never disciplined by its father?
8 If God doesn’t discipline you as He does all of His children,
it means that you are illegitimate and are not really His children at
all.
9 Since we respected our earthly fathers who disciplined us,
shouldn’t we submit even more to the discipline of The Father of
our spirits, and live forever?
10 For our earthly fathers disciplined us for a few years, doing
the best they knew how. But God’s discipline is always good for us,
so that we might share in His holiness.
11 No discipline is enjoyable while it is happening—it’s
painful! But afterward there will be a peaceful harvest of right
living for those who are trained in this way.
12 So take a new grip with your tired hands and strengthen your
weak knees.
13 Mark out a straight path for your feet so that those who are
weak and lame will not fall but become strong.
*God tries
His children, so that they may come forth as pure gold.
Zechariah 13:9 KJV
And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will
refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried:
they shall call on My name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is
My people: and they shall say, The Lord is my God.
II Corinthians 4:17 KJV
For our light affliction, which is but for a moment,
worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;
The Lord, our Refuge:
Psalm 9:9 KJV
The Lord also will be a Refuge for the oppressed, a Refuge
in times of trouble.
Psalm 34:19 KJV
Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but The Lord
delivereth him out of them all.
Psalm 37:39,40 KJV
39 But the salvation of the righteous is of The Lord: He is
their Strength in the time of trouble.
40 And The Lord shall help them, and deliver them: He shall
deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they
trust in Him.
Psalm 46:1 KJV
God is our Refuge and Strength, a very present Help
in trouble.
Psalm 50:15 KJV
And call upon Me in the day of trouble: I will deliver
thee, and thou shalt glorify Me.
Psalm 121:2 KJV
My help cometh from The Lord, which made heaven and earth.
Isaiah 43:1-3 KJV
1 But now thus saith The Lord that created thee, O Jacob, and He
that formed thee, O Israel (God's people), Fear not: for I have
redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art Mine.
2 When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee;
and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when
thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither
shall the flame kindle upon thee.
3 For I am The Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy
Savior..."
John 16:33 KJV
These things I have spoken unto you, that in Me ye might have
peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be
of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
In Times Of Trouble What Should We Do?
Believe God's
Word.
Romans 8:28,35,37-39 KJV
28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that
love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose.
35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall
tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or
peril, or sword?
37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through
Him that loved us.
38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels,
nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to
come,
39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to
separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Pray:
James 5:13 KJV
Is any among you afflicted? let him pray..."
Ephesians 6:18 NLT
Pray in The Spirit at all times and on every occasion. Stay alert
and be persistent in your prayers for all believers everywhere.
Do Not Become
Discouraged:
I Corinthians 10:13 MSG
No test or temptation that comes your way is beyond the course of
what others have had to face. All you need to remember is that God
will never let you down; He’ll never let you be pushed past your
limit; He’ll always be there to help you come through it.
Give Thanks
For Your Heavenly High Priest, Intercessor:
Luke 22:31,32 KJV
31 And The Lord said, Simon, Simon (true
for the people of God), behold, Satan hath desired to have
you, that he may sift you as wheat:
32 But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not..."
Romans 8:34 KJV
"...It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again,
who is even at The Right Hand Of God, who also maketh intercession
for us.
Receive
Peace, Comfort, Grace And Mercy That Comes From The Lord:
John 14:27 KJV
Peace I leave with you, My peace I give unto
you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart
be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
II Corinthians 1:2-4 KJV
2 Grace be to you and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord
Jesus Christ.
3 Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the
Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;
4 Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be
able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort
wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.
Hebrews 4:14-16 NLT
14 So then, since we have a great High Priest who has entered
heaven, Jesus The Son of God, let us hold firmly to what we believe.
15 This High Priest of ours understands our weaknesses, for
He faced all of the same testings we do, yet He did not sin.
16 So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There
we will receive His mercy, and we will find grace to
help us when we need it most.
