For The Glory of God!
- Dr. Michael Stallings
- 1 day ago
- 4 min read
After many nights that didn’t feel like they would end – fear sitting heavy, tears doing what tears do – the young boy's question finally came, not loud, not angry. Just quiet enough to almost miss if you weren’t listening closely.
“Dad… why did God make me like this?”
Tears flowed while they hugged and rocked in the night.
There’s a kind of weight in a question like that that no parent is ready for. Not because it’s complicated, but because it’s honest. And the instinct is to fix it. Explain it. Soften it. But Scripture doesn’t rush past the question. It’s not theology from a book, but your theology will shape how you handle it. It’s a soul trying to understand itself in the presence of God in in the world where differences can play cruel games on people and while the fallen default is: differences or weakness are bad. But God says something different. Remember this:
God uses your weakness to bring him glory in ways no one else but you could!
When Jesus’ disciples saw the man born blind in the Gospel of John 9, they asked the same kind of question, just dressed up differently – “Who sinned… that he was born this way?”
They were looking for a cause to assign blame but Jesus didn’t allow for that. He said, “Neither… This happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him.” (John 9:3, HCSB) That answer doesn’t remove the struggle. But it allows us to reframe it.
The question “why am I like this?” is real. The tears are real. The confusion is real. Scripture doesn’t deny any of that. But it refuses to let the answer land on accident, mistake, or meaninglessness. Nevertheless, God is not careless in His creation.
You have purpose! You were created on purpose for God's glory!
“For God's glory” isn’t a polished phrase you put on a hard story to make it sound better. It’s the anchor that says your life – exactly where it feels weakest, most confusing, most exposed – is within God's purposes. The Lord said in 2 Cor 12.9:
My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.
We all were created and exist to bring glory to our Creator regardless our abilities, weaknesses, talents or otherwise and while that doesn’t mean every detail feels good, it also means none of it is wasted. Especially the ways we suffer. the Lord never forgets your tears and He always sticks closer than anyone ever could. He says he uses all things for the good of those who love him...(Romans 8)
The man in John 9 still had to live blind before he ever saw. We all are fallen before we are glorified. The calling and glory of God does not erase the struggle – it gives it direction and purpose. So when that quiet question comes – from a child, or from somewhere deep in you – the answer is not, “because you’re supposed to like it.” Or, because "that's just the way it is." Or, the ever popular, "Well, God works in mysterieious ways." This is the answer:
God formed you with intention to bring Him glory like no other peson ever could. He sees you fully and suffered just like us when they nailed Jesus to the cross. And even the parts you don’t understand are not outside His design to display His work. The story doesn’t end at the question. It ends with His glory being seen – sometimes slowly, sometimes through tears, but never by accident.
And that changes the question from “Why did He make me like this?” to something to thrive by:
“How is He going to show Himself through my life right now, today?”
Father let us bring you glory with life you give us! I pray it in Jesus Name, Amen!
By the way, I wasn't being poetic: He has never forgotten even one of the tears you have cried.
"You keep track of all my sorrows. You have collected all my tears in your bottle. You have recorded each one in your book." Psalm 56.8
There is a great reason to have hope in Christ today!
Jesus came to "set the captives free," by the Truth.
Do you know Jesus yet?
Pray and ask Him to deliver you! He will.
email: mike@trainandtell.org
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