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When God hasn’t answered your questions, when you can see no justification for what’s going on in your life, learn to talk to yourself.
In Psalm 77:7-9 we see an example of Asaph talking to himself. He expressed his rage, saying,
Will the Lord reject forever?
Will he never show his favor again?
Has his unfailing love vanished forever?
Has his promise failed for all time?
Has God forgotten to be merciful?
Then after saying those words of doubt and anger, and I think hearing in his own ears how foolish they were, Asaph said, in Psalm 77:10-12,
Then I thought, “To this I will appeal:
the years when the Most High stretched out his right hand.
I will remember the deeds of the Lord;
yes, I will remember your miracles of long ago.
I will consider all your works
and meditate on all your mighty deeds.”
Asaph got the foolish, angry words out of his mouth, expressing to his understanding and patient God all his anger and frustration. And then he changed his thinking and started remembering all that God had done.
Ah, there’s our answer, friends. Renewing our minds with correct thinking about who God is and what he has done for us. Just as Asaph needed to get back to who Jehovah God is and what he had done, so we must as well.
When the questions have no answers, you may have to abandon them or be willing to live with the unanswered questions. But you don’t have to live in despair or anger; the same God who for whatever reason does not answer your questions is the God who will bring you comfort and strength to face them.
I often think of the question Jesus asked his disciples when many of his followers were forsaking him.
“You do not want to leave too, do you?” Jesus asked the twelve.
Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life (John 6:67-68).
Friends, where else will you go with your unanswered questions? If there are no answers from God, then trust him to see you through. There’s a song I like a great deal, which says, “God is too wise to be mistaken, God is too good to be unkind. So, when you can’t understand, when you don’t see his plan, when you can’t trace his hand, trust his heart.” And that’s what I would leave you with today. When you can’t see why he’s doing what he’s doing, you can still trust his goodness and his love for you. When you can’t trace his hand, trust his heart.
