On October 31, 2014, an experimental
spacecraft broke apart during a test flight and crashed into the Mojave Desert.
The copilot died while the pilot miraculously survived. Investigators soon
determined what had happened, but not why. The title of a newspaper article
about the crash began with the words “Questions remain.”
Throughout life we may experience sorrows
for which there are no adequate explanations. Some are catastrophic events with
far-reaching effects while others are personal, private tragedies that alter
our individual lives and families. We want to know why, but we seem to find
more questions than answers. Yet even as we struggle with “Why?” God extends
His unfailing love to us.
When Job lost his children and his wealth
in a single day (Job 1:13-19), he sank into an angry depression and resisted
any attempted explanations by his friends. Yet he held out hope that someday
there would be an answer from God. Even in the darkness Job could say, “[God]
knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I will come forth as gold”
(23:10).
Oswald Chambers said, “There will come one
day a personal and direct touch from God when every tear and perplexity, every
oppression and distress, every suffering and pain, and wrong and injustice will
have a complete and ample and overwhelming explanation.”
Today, as we face life’s unanswered questions, we can find help and hope in God’s love and promises.
