Obviously, some young people bring early death upon themselves by their lifestyles–overdosing, drinking and driving, and so forth. But what of those who live an exemplary life–who love Christ and seek to serve him? Why would God take them out of the world when they possibly could do so much good? Their deaths aren’t always so easy to understand. I want to mention only one reason that might apply at times to such cases.
King Josiah was one of Judah’s best kings-perhaps the best. Here’s what we’re told about this young king:
“Before him there was no king like him who turned to the Lord with all his mind and with all his heart and with all his strength according to all the law of Moses, and no one like him arose after him” (II Kings 23: 25, HCSB).
He took down the high places, drove out idolatry and held the greatest Passover ever. Yet, he died in his prime at age thirty-nine! What on earth could God have had in mind in taking him? Think of what more good he could have done in another 30 years!
Well, God knew what He was doing. And He graciously lets us
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