Lord, Where Are You When Bad Things Happen? by Kay Arthur

Author:Kay Arthur [Arthur, Kay]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-307-56892-2
Publisher: The Crown Publishing Group
Published: 2012-03-08T00:00:00+00:00

Genesis 19:24 tells us what happened later: “Then the LORD rained on Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven.”

Proclaim it! Proclaim it, lest their blood be on your hands.

Now, let me close with this question: How are we to proclaim His sure and just judgment? Think about it. Ask the Lord to show you ways that His coming judgment can be proclaimed to the world through your life, your speech, and your actions. List them below. Be specific.

– DAY SEVEN –

“I was ticked off by your message and I want you to know it.”

That’s an encouraging message for a speaker! My feelings were somewhat assuaged, however, when I heard this woman’s reason.

She didn’t agree with my stand on immorality.

She believed sex was fine outside marriage even if you were married—as long as your partner consented! As a matter of fact, if she wanted to have sex with others, according to her there was nothing in the Word of God against it—as long as there was mutual consent. She told me I simply didn’t understand the true meaning of adultery and fornication.

Besides all that, she didn’t like my reference to having a religion without a relationship to God. And all of that “born-again talk” nauseated her!

The conversation went on for a while. Although she came on like gangbusters, I was excited. God had set a lost sheep right in my path in a one-on-one encounter. The thief was out to steal, kill, and destroy, but I knew the Shepherd wanted to say, “Here, sheepy, sheepy.”

God’s love welled up in my heart. I understood her rationalization of sin—I once sat where she sat. But now I was silently praying, listening, and waiting.

Then I felt the timing was of the Spirit. I leaned over to her and said, “You are going to want to slug me, and I understand, but I have to be honest with you. My friend, you and I don’t have the same Father. You’re in darkness. You’re deceived. You have a religion and not a relationship. Your father is the devil. You’re going to hell.”

I didn’t have to duck, although I was prepared to!

The next day we had another conversation that lasted five hours. We talked until seven in the morning! This woman had come to blast one last word at me. Or so she thought. Our sovereign God had something else in mind.

As she continued to argue her beliefs on morality and the Word, I simply took her to one scripture after another, asking her to read each aloud. What was inscribed in God’s Word, I proclaimed. Nothing else. Every time she wanted to argue, I simply said, “What does God say? Read it. Don’t argue with me. He wrote it.” All the while I groaned inwardly in prayer, asking God to open blind eyes and turn this dear soul from darkness to light.

Finally I said, “Why don’t you get on your knees and tell God what you think about what you have read.

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