By Amen Owens
Often times we hear people use this phrase…
Why Me?
This is frequently used when people are going through a rough patch or hard times, like the loss of a loved one, business or health challenge, but mostly in an unpleasant and unpalatable situation, and part of their venting speech is “Oh God, Why Me”…….
But just before you say Why Me?
Every thing in life has been predestined from before our existence, and so, like a script writer imagines a story and writes it out, and gets actors to fit into each role, so are we humans before God.
Everything that has, or that will ever happen to us, including the ones that looks like the devil is having a filled day, is all part of God’s scripts for life, and we are the actors carefully chosen to fit in the roles.
No one came to earth by mistake, and nothing just happens by mistake, everyone and everything was already predestined to be.
Now back to the question
Why Me?.
We are quick to cry “Why Me” when things turn sour, but we celebrate the blessings that come, thinking that we deserve it. When it’s good that comes our way,
yet we cry “Why Me” when the opposite happens.
But really, if not you, then who?
Everything that happens around you that does not claim your life, has a lesson in it
God wants you to learn, but often times, we focus on the pain, than on God’s plan for what next.
It is difficult a pill to swallow, but more comforting to know that it’s all part of God’s plan for your next level.
So instead of asking Why Me, ask him “What Next” and watch him download and unfold deep and secret things to you.
Know this:
Every opposition is a gateway for an opportunity.
As dusty and dirty as the earth is, gold and other precious stones reside in it.
As beautiful as gold is, fire is the only friend that can reveal its true worth.
Your worth is in what you have gone through.
There is no glory without a story, for the accumulated stories of a person are what make up his/her glory.
You are carefully and masterfully crafted to fit the purpose of your existence, and that pain you are going through now is a part of the process for a great future, for after the test comes the testimonies.
So relax, God’s gat you…
Amen is a Lagos-based author and broadcaster.
