When Things Don't Make Sense

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Corinthians 4:1-10</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>NOTES</B></div> <bR> <div> Men have wrestled with _<U>perplexed</U>_ things from the beginning.</div> <div> A- _<U>Joel</U>_______</div> <div> B- _<U>Habakkuk</U>__</div> <div> C- _<U>Micah</U>_____ </div> <div> D- _<U>John</U>___ the _<U>Baptist</U>_</div> <bR> <div> God is not going to tell us the _<U>why</U>______ of everything.</div> <bR> <div> Because things don't make __<U>sense</U>__ to us does not mean that they don't make _<U>sense</U>______ at all.</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>EXAMPLE</B></div> <div> The story of _<U>Joseph (family)_</U>_____________. (Genesis 37-50)</div> <bR> <div> Because some things do not make sense to us _<U>now</U>____ does not mean that they will _<U>never</U>________ make sense.</div> <bR> <div> If everything made _<U>sense</U>_ to our _<U>understanding</U>___, then we would need _<U>no</U>____ _<U>faith</U>___.</div> <bR> <div> The highest lesson God wants to _<U>teach</U>_ us:</div> <div> "_<U>trust</U>___ Him _<U>regardless</U>___."</div> <bR> <div> To teach us to trust Him, He sends things that _<U>puzzle</U>_ us.</div> <div> And when He does, we can:</div> <div> A- _<U>bitter, resentful, mad</U>_____</div> <div> B- __<U>tough it out</U>__</div> <div> C- _<U>martyr, self-pity</U>_____</div> <div> D- __<U>trust him & accept it!</U> </div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B> RESULT</B>- _<U>peace</U>_</div> <div> We may not know _<U>why</U>___ but we know _<U>who</U>__!!!!</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> John 2</div> <div> What the Lord told them made no _<U>sense</U>_.  They obeyed anyway and their needs were _<U>met</U>__.</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> LESSON</div> <div> _<U>Nonsense</U>_ to us is just _<U>good</U>__ _<U>sense</U>_ to God.</div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>