Monday, February 22, 2016

JONATHAN

Hi, I’m Jonathan Crabtree, Pastor for Student Ministry at Central United

Methodist Church in downtown Meridian. Do you ever want to ask God,

“Why?” Perhaps you were taught not to ask God such questions; especially if the

rest of the question is about why did something terrible happen. My question

for us this morning: Why would we not ask God these types of questions? Do

our questions show our lack of faith in God? Do these questions mean we don’t

believe? A mentor once told me: Maybe it’s faith seeking more faith.

Perhaps our questioning is actually God working in us; showing us that this

world is not right. Bad things happening all the time. Jesus asked God, “Why

have you forsaken me?” while he was on the cross. He was quoting Psalm 22. It’s

a question that might be similar to yours. God can handle our tough questions. I

encourage you to ask those tough questions to God, and I invite you to join your

local church or Central and ask these tough questions with others. My final

question for you: Why not?