When God’s Plan doesn’t Make Sense – Trust Him

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There are moments in life when faith feels hardest—when prayers seem unanswered, doors close without explanation, and the path ahead looks nothing like what we hoped for. In these seasons, God’s plan can feel confusing, even painful, challenging our trust and testing our patience. We know that God is in-control of our situation as we continue in prayer, yet human understanding is limited, and it can feel disappointing. This tension between confusion and trust is where faith is refined and miracles take place.

God’s love through times of disappointment can be explained with these two bible verses: Genesis 3:24 and Genesis 7:16.

God Drove Out Man

When Adam and Eve were decieved by the serpent in the garden of Eden, they were afraid of God (Genesis 3:10). For context, there were two trees in the garden: the tree of knowledge of good and evil and the tree of life (Genesis 2:9). God had told them not to eat from the tree of knowledge, otherwise they would die (Genesis 2:17). But they went against Gods word and ate from the fruit. Then the Bible lists statements made by God directed to the serpent, to Eve and to Adam. But though man had made a mistake, it was in God’s mercy that He did two things to save him:

1. Made them garments of skin and clothed them because they were ashamed (Genesis 3:21)
2. He drove them out of the garden because of the tree of life (Genesis 3:24)

While this might seem like a harsh decision for God to punish man by sending him out of the garden, it was actually to protect him. The tree of life in the garden could have done more damage than good, if Adam or Eve decided to eat from it as well. This tree is different from the tree of knowledge. The tree of life is a tree that would allow man to live forever (Genesis 3:22). Think about this, if God allowed him to stay in the garden and then later on if Adam decided to eat from the tree of life, he would have to live in his sins for eternity. It was God’s love than drove man out of the garden, so that man may be redeemed at a later time through His Son Jesus Christ – who is our redeemer and source of salvation.

The Lord Shut him in

Again another seemingly severe statement to read about God, but let’s read what this meant in Genesis 7:16. This is the story of Noah, where God had told him to build an ark. Noah was said to be the only righteous man in that generation (Genesis 6:9) and because of this God wanted to save him and his family from the wickedness of man (Genesis 6:5-8). God told Noah to make an ark so that He can make an end to all flesh. Even when Noah had no clue why he had to build the ark, he obeyed God (Genesis 6:22).

How long did Noah build the ark? After Noah was 500 years old he had three sons: Shem, Ham and Japheth (Genesis 5:32). In verse 18 God tells Noah that apart from himself, he is to bring his wife along with his sons and their wives into the ark once its time – 8 people in total. So it seems like God’s instructed Noah to build the ark after his sons were married. Noah was 600 years when the floods came (Genesis 7:6). This means that somewhere between 500 and 600 years of life Noah was instructed by God to build the ark, which Noah did in patience.

Genesis 7:16, once they were in the ark, God shut them in to keep them safe from the floods.

Some Doors are Closed for a Reason

God closes certain doors in our lives for our own good. While a closed door might seem like a missed opportunity, it may be God’s training ground for an even better opportunity He has lined up for us. When we trust in God, we align our will with His will, allowing Him to work through us without resistance – this is how breakthroughs often happen.

Also read: Bible verse to read during hard times

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