Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways! Romans 11:33
On October 11, 2002, in the worst automobile accident in Wisconsin history, a thick fog wafted inland off Lake Michigan and settled in a low spot on the interstate. A massive collision involving fifty cars and trucks took the lives of ten people and injured almost forty more. This accident left a grandmother, aunt, and cousin in our local church in shock, disillusioned, and deeply hurting. As their pastor, I brought to their souls comforting assurance from God’s Word which revolved around three stabilizing truths.
First, sometimes God’s ways are impossible to understand, but he is always wise and good. “The secret things belong to the Lord our God,” Moses made known, “but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever” (Deuteronomy 29:29). We are finite, but God is infinite. We cannot know all that he is doing in and through our suffering. But we can know the truths revealed in his Word, one of which is that God is “good and [does] good” (Psalm 119:68). The hand of Providence is
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