Good people can ask bad questions. Doubt, fear, and other emotions can cause even the most faithful to waiver. At the end of Mark four, we read about Jesus and the disciples sailing across the Sea of Galilee. Jesus fell asleep during the journey, but a great windstorm kicked up and threatened to sink the boat. The disciples woke Jesus, and Mark 4:38 says they cried out, “Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?”
What a question. Did Jesus care? Of course He cared! He was on the boat because He cared. He was living as a mortal man because He cared. He was moving ever closer to the cross because He cared! But danger can cause doubt, and doubt pulled their eyes away from Jesus. When we question the Lord and His love, we allow doubt to do to us what it did to the disciples on the sea. Don’t ask questions of doubt—trust in the Lord even in the most trying of circumstances.