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February 3
Learning Righteousness
Unfortunately it often takes tragedy to cause
people to turn to the Lord. This can be
personal tragedy such as the sickness or death
of a loved one or it can be a national tragedy
such as the terrorist attacks on September 11th,
Hurricane Katrina, or the massive earthquake in
Haiti.
We should be careful not to label tragedies as
the judgment of God simply because we don't know
the mind of God. What we do know because
we've seen it time and time again is that people
turn to God in times of struggle.
It is the human condition that we ignore God
when everything is going alright. Only
when things begin to fall apart do people turn
to God to help them out. It is during this
time that people learn about God's
righteousness.
God can bring justice here on earth. Some
tragedies that strike the earth are a direct
punishment from God just like Sodom and
Gomorrah. Even when they are not, people
will ask the question of whether God is
punishing and some will repent because of their
sins.
We certainly should not delight in tragedy but
we can take heart in knowing that God will work
even tragedies for good. People will learn
about Him and His righteousness as a result of
even the saddest of circumstances. |
