Question:

What is an appropriate response when you are feeling frustrated or angry because you do not understand why God is allowing your life to be the way it is?

Here are four responses to consider: (1) “Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ” (Ephesians 5:20; 1 Thessalonaians 5:18).  (2) Looking for good and blessing to come out of this trial, knowing that “all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose … to be conformed to the image of His Son” (Romans 8:28,29).  (3) Seeking through the trial to “be partakers of His holiness” (Hebrews 12:10).  (4) Asking God for help to learn His lessons from this trial and to respond in the right way, for “no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous; nevertheless, afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby” (Hebrews 12:11).