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Last month my college roommate, Randy, who was only 38 years old and in great health and shape, died unexpectedly from a heart attack.
Like so many of his friends and family, I found myself in …
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Last month my college roommate, Randy, who was only 38 years old and in great health and shape, died unexpectedly from a heart attack.
Like so many of his friends and family, I found myself in utter shock and disbelief. One of the first thoughts that ran through my mind was, “Why did this happen to him?”
He was a very active healthy man, a loving husband and father of three beautiful daughters. Why would God allow such a horrible event to happen?
Like many of you, when we hear or experience similar events in life, our first instinct is to say why. Why, God, did this happen? Why, God, are bad things happening to good people? Before we can answer those questions, I think we first have to ask, whoever said the world is good or bad?
Before sin ever entered the world in Genesis 3, the world was good. Genesis 1:31 says, “God saw all he had made and it was good.”
When Adam and Eve (humanity) disobeyed God (sinned), a punishment had to be given. That punishment was death. No longer would the world be good, for sin had entered and death would be administered.
Since that day in the garden the effects of sin and death have been felt. The pain of hardship, the death of a loved one, marriages falling apart, finances crumbling all because the world is not good. The story doesn’t end there; as Paul Harvey would say, there’s “The Rest of the Story.”
God sent his son, Jesus Christ, to take the punishment of man and end death once and for all. Jesus’ death on the cross made a way so that no one will ever have to feel the sting of death again. When you put your faith in Jesus Christ and give him your life, you have the assurance of knowing that when your life on this earth is over. You will have everlasting life with Jesus Christ in heaven forever.
Today I know Randy is in heaven with his savior. If you would like to have the assurance of knowing that when this life ends heaven will be your home, ask Jesus into your life today: “Jesus I am sinner and I want you to come into my life and forgive me of my sins.”
If you would like to talk to me more about asking Jesus into your life, please email me at fsbcpowl@gmail.com or call 307-754-3990.
(Bill Harvison is the pastor of First Southern Baptist Church in Powell.)
