Day 234: For All Those Days That End In "WHY?"
Read: Psalm 22:1 - 10
Trick question: How many days of the week end in 'Y'? Silly enough
question I know. Of course they all do. So today, we are going to delve
into why so many days end in not the letter 'Y' but 'Y' spelled “why”
and what should we do when “why” fills up our days and our minds for way
more than the seven days of the week we are allotted. In our much much younger days we entered this life questioning, “Why?” Why did I have to leave that comfortable place I was living? Why are they shining
bright lights in my eyes? Why am I being poked and prodded, rubbed and
wrapped up? Why do people always talk to me with some unintelligible
language? Why are people smiling at me?
We are born with a
burning desire to know the “whys” of life? Why do the birds and
butterflies fly when I cannot? The why question continues through our
school years. Did you ever wonder why you had to learn math? Does anyone
have a compelling response to the penetrating question: “Why do we
observe daylight savings time?” Why is there so much pain and
suffering in the world? Why do I have to endure more of it than others?
Why is my 'fair share' greater than the next guys 'fair share'? We all surround our lives with the ear shattering, earth quaking cacophony of
“WHY”. Have any of you even noticed this or have you heard so much of it
that you just tune it out?
In case you haven’t noticed, every
day ends in “y”! I’ve even known many days that ended in “why”, haven’t
you? Now, give careful and prayerful consideration to the day from
which this "WHY" was born: 'My God, my God, why have You forsaken me?
Far from my deliverance are the words of my groaning. O my God, I cry by
day, but You do not answer; And by night, but I have no rest.' (1 - 2).
We have heard these words before many times from King David throughout his writings. We heard them from the cross when Jesus was being crucified, fought through the enormous
anguish of Good Friday. For all that happened on that day that ended in
your "WHY", your answer is?
The long and the short of it is - our release from sin and eternal life through belief in Jesus as Lord and Savior. What a great answer for all those inquiring
minds. I have always been grateful that the Psalms have helped me to
both frame and shape all my responses to so many of my "why" questions in the joys and trials of life. But to learn that I can know more of the inner depths of Jesus' heart in God's response to His own "WHY" moments brings me to tears. For me to pray like that might have left me guilt ridden that I was not being faithful. But knowing Jesus prayed this way has taught me to come to His cross in FULL honesty, NEVER holding the depths of my "WHY's" back!
Let Us Pray: Give to God the full measure of your "WHY's"! God is giving you His fullest
measure of approval to just stand before the Cross of Jesus Christ and JUST LET HIM
HAVE IT - FULL BORE, BOTH BARRELS, HOLDING NOTHING BACK! GO 'HOT' ON
GOD! NO GUILT - NO SHAME! ONLY HIS LOVE, MERCY, COMPASSION AND
FORGIVENESS! Put it all on the Altar of the Father's Love, the Blood of Jesus Christ, the Healing Hand and Heart of the Holy Spirit. Burn away that dross of "why me?", be refined by God, BE REDEFINED BY GOD! Why? HE LOVES YOU!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZtgJKJCqXM
Refiner's Fire - Steve Green
www.youtube.com
The Refiner's Fire, as sung by Steve Green Words and Music by Jon Mohr
and Randall Dennis, © 1989 Jonathan Mark Music. I do not own the rights
to
Read: Psalm 22:1 - 10
Trick question: How many days of the week end in 'Y'? Silly enough question I know. Of course they all do. So today, we are going to delve into why so many days end in not the letter 'Y' but 'Y' spelled “why” and what should we do when “why” fills up our days and our minds for way more than the seven days of the week we are allotted. In our much much younger days we entered this life questioning, “Why?” Why did I have to leave that comfortable place I was living? Why are they shining bright lights in my eyes? Why am I being poked and prodded, rubbed and wrapped up? Why do people always talk to me with some unintelligible language? Why are people smiling at me?
We are born with a burning desire to know the “whys” of life? Why do the birds and butterflies fly when I cannot? The why question continues through our school years. Did you ever wonder why you had to learn math? Does anyone have a compelling response to the penetrating question: “Why do we observe daylight savings time?” Why is there so much pain and suffering in the world? Why do I have to endure more of it than others? Why is my 'fair share' greater than the next guys 'fair share'? We all surround our lives with the ear shattering, earth quaking cacophony of “WHY”. Have any of you even noticed this or have you heard so much of it that you just tune it out?
In case you haven’t noticed, every day ends in “y”! I’ve even known many days that ended in “why”, haven’t you? Now, give careful and prayerful consideration to the day from which this "WHY" was born: 'My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Far from my deliverance are the words of my groaning. O my God, I cry by day, but You do not answer; And by night, but I have no rest.' (1 - 2). We have heard these words before many times from King David throughout his writings. We heard them from the cross when Jesus was being crucified, fought through the enormous anguish of Good Friday. For all that happened on that day that ended in your "WHY", your answer is?
The long and the short of it is - our release from sin and eternal life through belief in Jesus as Lord and Savior. What a great answer for all those inquiring minds. I have always been grateful that the Psalms have helped me to both frame and shape all my responses to so many of my "why" questions in the joys and trials of life. But to learn that I can know more of the inner depths of Jesus' heart in God's response to His own "WHY" moments brings me to tears. For me to pray like that might have left me guilt ridden that I was not being faithful. But knowing Jesus prayed this way has taught me to come to His cross in FULL honesty, NEVER holding the depths of my "WHY's" back!
Let Us Pray: Give to God the full measure of your "WHY's"! God is giving you His fullest
measure of approval to just stand before the Cross of Jesus Christ and JUST LET HIM
HAVE IT - FULL BORE, BOTH BARRELS, HOLDING NOTHING BACK! GO 'HOT' ON GOD! NO GUILT - NO SHAME! ONLY HIS LOVE, MERCY, COMPASSION AND FORGIVENESS! Put it all on the Altar of the Father's Love, the Blood of Jesus Christ, the Healing Hand and Heart of the Holy Spirit. Burn away that dross of "why me?", be refined by God, BE REDEFINED BY GOD! Why? HE LOVES YOU!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZtgJKJCqXM
Refiner's Fire - Steve Green
www.youtube.com
The Refiner's Fire, as sung by Steve Green Words and Music by Jon Mohr and Randall Dennis, © 1989 Jonathan Mark Music. I do not own the rights to
Refiner's Fire - Steve Green
www.youtube.com
The
Refiner's Fire, as sung by Steve Green Words and Music by Jon Mohr and
Randall Dennis, © 1989 Jonathan Mark Music. I do not own the rights to
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