Even If: When God Says NoSample

Day 1: What Now?

Most of us have been there. You wanted something SO BAD, but it didn’t happen. You prayed on it. You were patient. You fasted. You waited. Maybe you even felt like it was meant to be. But it still didn’t happen.

So what now?

First, you have to settle something in your heart and mind. God is good. You may never know why you didn’t get what you wanted. You may have done all the right things and still come up short, but God is good. You may never understand how, but God is taking care of you despite the pain of the circumstance.

First, settle that. If you have to cry or scream and yell, get it all out. Let God know exactly how you feel. He knows anyway, but He values the relationship between you two and He wants to hear from you. Tell Him how upset you are and why. Then thank Him for His goodness. Praise Him that He is Holy, and He is good, and He loves you so very much. Thank Him for the fact that He is able to work things out that you cannot see.

I wish I could tell you exactly why the answer was no, but I can’t. All I can tell you is that as Christians we will face many things in life we don’t know the answers to. God does not owe us an explanation either. If we are truly going to walk by faith, then by its very definition we will be walking without being able to see everything.

The good news is that God will use this as an opportunity to bring you closer to Him, if you let Him.