{"id":63398,"date":"2023-10-16T11:40:49","date_gmt":"2023-10-16T16:40:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=63398"},"modified":"2023-10-16T11:40:49","modified_gmt":"2023-10-16T16:40:49","slug":"why-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/why-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Me?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t

by Doy Moyer<\/p>\n

If the blind man of John 9 asked, “Why me?” the answer would be “that the works of God might be displayed in you.<\/em>“<\/p>\n

If the paralytic from Mark 2 asked, “Why me?” the answer would be “that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.<\/em>“<\/p>\n

If Paul, in II Corinthians, asked, “Why me?” the answer would be<\/p>\n

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  1. to learn to “rely not on ourselves but on God who raises the dead<\/em>” (II Corinthians 1:9), and<\/li>\n
  2. “so that the power of Christ may rest upon me<\/em>” (II Corinthians 12:9).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    “Why me?” need not be a negative question, but it does need to be self-reflective. It can lead to an answer demonstrating selfishness and bitterness, or it can lead to a God-glorifying response that demonstrates reliance on God. Which it shall be is up to us.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    by Doy Moyer If the blind man of John 9 asked, “Why me?” the answer would be “that the works of God might be displayed in you.“ If the paralytic from Mark 2 asked, “Why me?” the answer would be “that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[27],"tags":[182,188],"class_list":["post-63398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article","tag-suffering","tag-trials"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":36977,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/i-am-no-longer-committing-sexual-sins-but-should-i-get-myself-checked-or-just-trust-god-to-answer-my-prayers\/","url_meta":{"origin":63398,"position":0},"title":"I am no longer committing sexual sins, but should I get myself checked or just trust God to answer my prayers?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"February 6, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: I was one of those Christians that if you were to ask me if I died today would I go to heaven, I would say yes. 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