Why do bad things happen to good people?

by Dave Kahle

Sooner or later, every Christian experiences a painful event that leads them to this question.  It’s one of the most difficult questions that people ask.  We look around us and see people who have no morals, aren’t Christians, and who seem to go through life with few real difficulties.  And others – who seem to be good people — have adversity and difficulty in their lives.  It doesn’t seem fair.

     Even if we don’t compare ourselves to other people, we still wonder about our role in the event.  When something happens to us, when we’re faced with a crises or painful situation of some kind, we begin to wonder.  Is God punishing us?  Did we do something to bring this on?  Or does God have some plan to put one mess after another into our lives?  We just naturally ask, “Why me, God?”

I’ve been through this a number of times.  I’ve lost two children, been divorced, the subject of a number of law suits, had a year long, five–return IRS audit, suffered through extensive periods of unemployment and two major financial calamities. Bad things happen to almost everybody.

     So, what’s the answer?  Why do bad things happen to good people?  I remember asking that, in a more specific way, of one of my close friends.  At the time, I was struggling with my business.  After working really hard for six years, I was actually going backward, and did less business that year than I did the prior  year. It was tremendously frustrating.  I asked him the same question.  “Why is this happening to me?  Is it something I’ve done, or is God just bringing this on me for some other purpose?”

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     I never will forget his answer.  “It doesn’t make any difference,” he said.  “The important thing is not why something happens in your life.  The important thing is what you do about it.”

      Here’s what he meant.  As a Christian, your response to adversity should be something like this: You pray more fervently for God to give you direction and strength, and for Him to be involved in resolving your situation.  You depend on your family and other Christians to help.  You seek counsel from wiser and more experienced people around you.  And you act with principle and ethics, and you don’t try to steal, cheat or lie your way out of the situation.

     If you respond to your adversity in some way similar to this, then the situation and your response to it will serve to bring you closer to God, deepen your character, and make you a stronger person.  In addition, we have God’s promise that he will work out this difficulty for you in some way that turns to good.

And that will happen regardless of the cause of your adversity.  So, the important thing is not to worry too much about why something happens, rather, the important thing is to concentrate on your response to it.  God will use it to bring about good in your life.

       That, in part, is what the verse means that says:

Rom 8:28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. 

       The “all things” in that verse means exactly what it says.  All things.  Bad things as well as ... READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE

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