Jesus, Why Is This Happening To Me? – Pastor Morgan Lekgetho Mogagabe

Sunday Sermon

Date: November 21, 2021

Speaker: Morgan Lekgetho Mogagabe

Today’s Message: Jesus, Why Is This Happening To Me? 

Time: 9am – 11 am

Scripture references

• 2 Corinthians 4: 7-8-9 

“But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us. We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed but not in despair. Persecuted, but not forsaken, cast down, but not destroy. Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that, the life of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.” 

• 1 Corinthians 13:9, 12  

“We don’t know everything, and our prophecies are not complete . . . Now all we can see of God is like a cloudy picture in a mirror. Later we will see him face to face. We don’t know everything, but then we will, just as God completely understands us.” 

• Job 3:20  

In his pain and despair, Job asked a lot of legitimate questions: “Why let people go on living in misery? Why give light to those in grief”

Sermon Notes:

This “why” question is human nature, and we all ask it. We have this misconception that if we understand the reason behind our pain, then it will make the pain easier. 

Here’s the truth. You don’t need an explanation, you need strength. You don’t need an explanation; you need a saviour. You don’t need an explanation; you need comfort and support. 

However, as people, we are always seeking for an explanation. We ask questions like:

Why did that person walk out of my life?

Why did he make a promise to me and then break it?

Why did he hurt me?

Why did I lose my job?

Why did she die?

Why did I get sick? 

There are things which happen to you which may prompt you to want to ask the question: Jesus, Why Is This Happening To Me? In all this, all I want to tell you is that, more than an explanation; you need a Saviour to give you the strength, comfort and support to pull you through.

For example, as I stand in front of you today preaching, my heart is wounded because we had a break-in at home. I am wounded as a Pastor because very early in the morning, at around 4am, I woke up to go to the Soweto Hotel to do a live broadcast of a sermon for the Soweto FM Radio station.

In the middle of that broadcast service, my mother called me. She was crying and devastated because there were thieves on the roof of the house trying to break-in. I had to stop the sermon and rush home to attend to my mother who was going through such a traumatic experience.

More-so, in a separate incident, not long ago, we had the wall on our premises vandalised, with some palisades having been stolen and I reported the matter to the police. Without any arrests made, after some time, I was told that the case has been closed.

Now, with all that and what happened today, I could have chosen to quickly go to the police station again and report this break-in but I decided to come and preach here first and as I am preaching to you, I am getting to feel better than I was in the first place.

This in itself shows that in this community of Chiawelo and Mapetla specifically and Soweto in general, more than an answer to the question Why is This Happening To Me, we need our Saviour, Jesus Christ to give us strength and comfort to sustain us in what we are going through.

As for me, in this church, In His Presence Ministry International, I’ve been studying the “why” question for years, and here’s my educated answer: I don’t know and I’m never going to know because I’m not God and neither are you! We’re just never going to understand some things until we get to heaven. Then it’s all going to become clear. 

Only Jesus knows the answer to your “why.” If you don’t get his answer right off the bat, you might as well stop asking because you’re simply prolonging the pain. 

Proverbs 25:2 says, “It is God’s privilege to conceal things” God is a God of revelation. He reveals himself through nature, circumstances, and scripture. The only reason you know anything about God is because he has chosen to reveal himself. 

But the Bible says, God doesn’t only reveal, God also conceals and sometimes God intentionally hides his face from you. Why? So, you’ll learn to trust him and to live by faith rather than by your feelings. 

God doesn’t owe you an explanation for anything. God doesn’t have to check in with you before he does something. God doesn’t have to get your permission before he allows things to happen in life. God is God, and you’re not always going to understand why some things happen. 

The Bible says, “We don’t know everything, and our prophecies are not complete. Now all we can see of God is like a cloudy picture in a mirror. Later we will see him face to face. We don’t know everything, but then we will, just as God completely understands us” 1 Corinthians 13:9, 12  

One day, everything will be made clear and will make sense. You’ll be able to say, “So that’s why God allowed that in my life!” Until then, God wants you to trust him. 

These are some of the questions you need to put in;

• What will I ask God when I get to heaven?
• How does letting go of your “why” questions increase your faith? 
• How can you encourage someone today who has been questioning God and wondering why God allowed something to happen in their life? 
• The post God, Why Is This Happening to Me?  

Many Thanks, I love you and I’m praying for you!

CREDITS

Sermon Script Writer: Morgan Lekgetho Mogagabe

Church Editor: Ms Bawinile Mahlangu

Address :Chiawelo Ext3, Soweto

Ministry: IHPMI © 2021 Morgan Lekgetho Mogagabe