I’ve been thinking about the sovereignty of God a lot lately, and then this disaster occurred in Haiti, and it’s consumed even more of my thoughts over the last couple of days.

When things like what’s happened in Haiti take place, people begin to ask themselves questions like, “Where is God in all of this?  Doesn’t he care about the tens of thousands of people who lost their lives?  Can I really trust him when adversity hits?”

It’s not easy to trust God when times are tough.  In fact, in most cases, it’s easier to obey God than to trust him because obedience often comes as a result of clearly defined principles outlined in Scripture, while trusting God is mostly related to unexplainable and undefined circumstances.

But we will never be able to trust God completely when we try to make sense of life from a human perspective.  We have to trust God through the lens of what we believe and not what we see.  We have to believe that God is sovereign, and that he allows everything (even the things we don’t understand) to happen for his glory.

When I’m tempted to question whether or not God knows what he’s doing, Job chapters 38 and 39 provide perspective.  So, the best answer I can offer to the question, “Where is God in all of this?” is he’s where he was before it all began.  He hasn’t gone anywhere.  He’s still God, and he’s still worthy of all glory.

I choose to believe this, no matter what I can or cannot see.