His Ways are Higher....So Be Joyful, Regardless!

            Have you had your JOY JUICE today?  Sometimes we may need an extra serving when things happen that we don’t understand!

             All of us experience situations that just don’t make sense.  Bad things do happen to good people. Tragic accidents claim productive young lives; loving couples lose children; a Godly Christian who serves the Lord whole-heartedly is diagnosed with a terminal disease.  These circumstances are beyond our understanding.  Do you sometimes feel like crying, “WHY, GOD?”

 

            Often we search for answers… but come up short.  There is no simple explanation for some of our questions.  However, we must acknowledge that God is eternal, all-knowing, and faithful. His ways are “higher than our ways.”

         You’ll recall in the book of Job that God allowed Satan to do everything he wanted to Job… except kill him. He took away his family, his possessions, his health. What was Job’s reaction? “Though he slay me, yet will I hope in him.” (Job 13:15) “The LORD gave and the LORD has taken away; may the name of the LORD be praised.” (Job 1:21)  Job didn’t understand why these things had happened, but he knew God was good and therefore continued to trust in Him.

When difficult times come, do we react like Job?   Trust in His love and rest in His plan. If we will choose to do this, we will find ourselves “rejoicing in the Lord always”!

           Faithfully drink your JOY JUICE, even in the midst of trying circumstances.