You prayed for healing but it didn't come. You prayed for a new job but got the door slammed shut in your face. You prayed for your contract on the new home to be accepted but it was denied. You needed these things to happen. You trusted God that the healing, new job, new home would happened just as you envisioned. All these things seemed to make sense for you. So what do you do when God doesn't respond as you asked. What do you do when God's ways make no sense?
Dr. Larry Crabb has often asked the same question. In his new book, "When God's Ways Make No Sense," he explores some of the different ways God's people respond to such disappointment and also offers a way for the believer to keep on believing that God is still there, in their lives, even when it seems that He has left that believer all alone.
His example of the prophet, Habakkuk, as someone who learned to "tremble and trust" offered a new way of thinking about how to respond when God's ways seem not to make any sense to us. I especially appreciated his transparency; it was helpful to me that his struggles in understanding God were ones I, too, have experienced. Which made it all the more enjoyable to read, "When God's Ways Make No Sense."
Book provided for review by Baker Books
