Why me? 

 

 

So, whenever you hear someone uttering “Why me?” Do you automatically think of that person as complaining about something?

當你聽到人發出為什麼是我的聲音, 你自發的想法是那人在抱怨嗎?

 

Why me, Lord?

What have I ever done to deserve even one,

Of the blessings I’ve known.

“Tell me, Lord”

What did I ever do that was worth loved by you,

Or the kindness you’ve shown

 

為什麼是我, 主?

曾做了什麼, 配得一個

我知道的祝福.

告訴我,

做了什麼, 值得從祢得到愛,

或是祢的溫柔

 

[A] Possible reasons why some believers choose to complain to God, when they face adversities of life:

[A]為什麼一些信徒,面對人生逆境時抱怨神的可能理由:

 

(1)   Ignorant of the Biblical Truth leading to an incorrect perception

      忽略聖經的真理, 導致不正確的觀念:

 

1 Thessalonians 3:3: Paul said, “So that no one would be unsettled by these trials. You know quite well that we were destined for them.”

 

(2)   Self-gratifying worthiness due to our carnal instinct

     我們肉體的天性產生自我配得滿足感:

 

Ephesians 2:8-9: “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast.”

  .也 .”

 

(3)   Questioning God’s fairness

      質疑神的公正:

 

Romans 2:11: “For God does not show favoritism.”

 

 

[B] Credible reasons how most believers overcome adversities of life:

    大多數信徒們克服人生逆境的可信理由:

 

(1)   Trust the Promise of God

      信靠神的應許

 

Hebrews 7:25 “Therefore he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them.”

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(2) Obey to accept both good and trouble

     順服接受好與壞的情況

 

Job 1:22 “In all this, Job did not sin by charging God with wrongdoing.”

。〔或 評〕

 

Job 2:9-10 “His wife said to him, "Are you still holding on to your integrity? Curse God and die!" He replied, "You are talking like a foolish woman. Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?" In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.

。約   、不 。在 上、約 罪。

 

(3) Faith in God’s Sufficiency

     相信神的豐富

2 Corinthians 12:9 “But he (the Lord) said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness."

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(4) Hope in Glorious Joy

     盼望榮光的喜樂

 

2 Cor. 4:17-18, “For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.”

耀 。原

 

1 Peter 1:8 “Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy,”

滿 .”

 

Psalm 16:2 "You are my Lord; apart from you I have no good thing."  

 

Psalm 103:10 “he does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our iniquities.”

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Psalm 116:12 “How can I repay the LORD for all his goodness to me?”

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1 Chronicles 17:16 “Then King David went in and sat before the LORD, and he said: ‘Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my family, that you have brought me this far?’ ”

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