When God Doesn't Fix It: Lessons You Never Wanted to Learn, Truths You Can't Live Without

by Laura Story

Their stories aren’t in the Bible because these characters are heroes. Their stories are in the Bible because God is the hero of their stories. Think about it. Who was the hero: Noah or the Supreme Being who saved Noah from the floodwaters? Was Daniel the hero, or was it the Great I Am who saved him from the lions? Was Abraham the hero, or was it Abba Father who made him the father of nations? Just as the faithfulness of the men and women whose stories are told in the Bible points us to Jesus, so can their brokenness. In their brokenness, hurts, and sorrow, we see their humanity. We see their need for a Savior. Though these people appear to be leading actors in their stories, when we look at the larger story, we see they are supporting characters in God’s story. God is on every page of the Bible. He’s in every one of their stories, working in them and through them. The Bible is a book of broken stories and of sinful behaviors that cry out for redemption. That’s why the entire story of the Bible points to a Redeemer. And that Redeemer isn’t Noah, Abraham, Moses, David, Peter, Paul, or even Mary. The entire Bible points to Jesus as the Redeemer—our Redeemer.