"Acts of God" - Why Doesn't God Prevent Them?

Accidents, disease, and natural disasters … we call these things "acts of God" because we can't predict them or prevent them. They are out of our control.

And we often wonder why God doesn't prevent them.

In Luke 13, some people wanted Christ to explain the accidental collapse of a tower, but He didn't explain it. Instead, He cautioned His listeners to repent because life is so uncertain (James 4:13-14). 

Our understanding is limited here on earth because God's ways are so far beyond our own (1 Corinthians 13:12; Isaiah 55:8-11). But it's helpful to remember these things:  

God's original creation was perfect (Genesis 1:31). It was mankind's sin that brought death, decay, accidents, natural disasters, and diseases into our world (Genesis 3:17-19; Romans 8:18-25).

God doesn't always intervene to stop these things from happening. But He did intervene in the worst and most terrible disaster in mankind's history, and His intervention cost Him dearly (Isaiah 53:5; Romans 6:23). 

Whenever we have questions about acts of God, let's bring things into perspective by looking to the cross.

To read several other 1-minute devotions that address different aspects of this question, click the titles below:
Random Death
No Satisfactory Answer
Things Mysterious
Tsunamis
Tent Life

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