When was the last time you asked yourself, why do bad things happen to me? Right? We ask ourselves all the time, why do I have to go through this? I'm trying to do the right thing. I'm trying to live according to God's Word; hey, I'm trying to be a good Christian. And still somehow bad things happen only to me. Right? We often feel this way. And the worst part is this–– we even get mad at God.

We get angry. We get upset with him because of what we experience. But I want you to know a few things from the scripture today which will liberate you, because the Word of God is the truth and the truth sets us free. That's right. Let's turn to Psalm hundred and six verse one, and Psalm hundred and seven, verse one. Both the verses tell us, oh, give thanks to the Lord, for he is good and his steadfast love endures forever.

I want you to take one message out of those two scriptures. God is good. John would tell us that God is love. Can love hurt you intentionally? No way. And God is love in perfection. God is perfect in His love for us. He gave his only son to die for us on the cross even before we knew him, even while we were sinners. So do you think a God who loves you so much from all eternity, who would sacrifice his only son on the cross so that you can have the best in your life, so that you have the opportunity to be saved by knowing Jesus do you think this same God is even capable of hurting you?

That is not true. That is a lie that the devil sows in our heads, and we must understand this and liberate ourselves from this lie. My friend James will tell us in chapter one who is thirteen onwards. Remember when you are tempted, never say God is tempting me because God is not tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one. And then he goes on to explain the primary cause of our temptation, trails, frustration and the bad things we go through; the bad thoughts, we think and the bad deeds, we do.

All of these are the result of the things we desire in our heart. And these desires make us think things we don't want to think, make us do, deeds we don't want to do otherwise. And we are enticed and dragged into doing all the wrong things which result in sin. And sin gives birth to eternal death. Remember what Jesus says in the Gospels, a good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit.

What does that mean? If your thoughts, if your desires are all sinful and bad, evil and wicked, you cannot bear good fruit like love, joy, peace, patience, kindness. You cannot. Without the Holy Spirit, you cannot bear good fruit. Now, how can we do that, James four, seven tells us submit yourselves to God. Now, what does that mean? Aren't we all working toward our freedom? We want to earn our freedom, don't we?

We want to strive and give our best at achieving something, so we could break free from the bondage of this world. Right? That is what we are taught. That is what culture teaches us. That is what society teaches us. That is what modern life in a modern world teaches us. But the truth is Jesus already set us free and all we must do is submit ourselves to God. But our problem is this. The moment we hear the words submit, surrender, we think, oh my God, why do I want to surrender or submit my free will? I have free will to do what I want. God has given me free will. Why would I go and surrender that back to him?– because, God has your best interest at heart. And whether we want to accept it or not. We will fail no matter how hard we try. Right. Because we are faulty people, we make mistakes. Even if it is for our own benefit. We may have good intentions, but still we will fail. But God does not fail....