EXPLANATIONS

"Even to your old age and gray hairs I am he, I am he who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you, I will sustain you and I will rescue you."
Isaiah 46:4

Warren Wiesbe once said, "Nothing is harder to heal than a broken heart shattered by experiences  that seem so meaningless. But God's people live on His promises."
    A grocery list of biblical reasons explaining the why and wherefores behind suffering doesn't always help when you're hurting. What does help are the promises of God. Even though God's promises are usually devoid of standard explanation and don't always detail the blueprint behind His plan, they do point to the loving character of our good and kind Lord.
   Take Isaiah 46:4 Even for someone bent over with old age and arthritis, God's explanation is simple and powerful, "I am he, I am he who will sustain you." God wants us to understand  that He alone is the source of help and hope. God owes us no explanations. He did enough explaining on the cross to show that His love is sufficient to meet every need.
   Look again at our verse for the day. In one short sentence, God promises that He will rescue, carry, and sustain you. How? At least six times, God uses the personal pronoun to point to Himself His promises are signed, sealed, and delivered on the basis of who He is. And He is faithful. He is loving. He rescue you and carries you. It's a promise.
   Lord, I don't survive because You roll out in front of me the blueprint behind my painful experiences. I don't live on reasons why. I lean in Your loving faithfulness. This will be enough.