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OUR DAILY BREAD                       Wednesday, June 1, 1994
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READ:  Job 1:13-22

                        "WHY ME?"

                Shall we  indeed  accept  good
        from God, and shall we not accept adversity?

                       - Job 2:10

Colonel Bill Kehler's son Tim was a strong Christian and had
a  bright future.  He was attending the Air Force Academy in
Colorado when he was killed in bombing practice.

"Why Tim?" asked a young man, himself disabled in a car  ac-
cident.  Kehler replied, "Why not Tim?"

Many of us struggle a long time before coming to  this  kind
of  acceptance.   Tragedies  and  accidents  deceive us with
their subtle logic.  We  ask,  "Why  me?   If  God  controls
everything  and  we're  trying  to please Him, why hasn't He
kept us from trouble?"

Satan, I believe, thought Job  would  trip  over  that  same
question.   He  tried to make the case that people who trust
God's goodness have only  a  fair-weather  faith.   But  Job
showed  the  strength of God's hold on his heart.  When Mrs.
Job urged him to curse God and die, he said, in effect, "Why
should I be exempt from suffering?  Why not me?"

Although Job did struggle for answers, he came to a sense of
acceptance  as he recognized God's greatness and wisdom.  He
reaffirmed his confidence in God to do what was best.

When we stop saying, "Why me?" and start  saying,  "Why  not
me?" we take the first step to glorifying God in our trials.

Author:  Dennis J. De Haan

        Be this the purpose of my soul,
        My  solemn, my determined choice:
        To yield to God's supreme control
        And in my every trial rejoice.   - Anon.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
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Afflictions  become blessings
   when blended with acceptance.

THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:  Proverbs 1-3

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