Why things go wrong?

Our life on Earth is not always smooth. The story of Mankind on earth has always been series of up
and down, calamity, pestilence, Earthquakes, Wars and other negative events.
The question then arise why is there so many problems on earth, intense personal and National
problems that can spiral into bouts of depression. The Rich, the poor, white or Blacks nobody is
exempted from Problems, why do things go wrong?
1 In the Beginning: the first chapter of Genesis told us how everything begins, what is most
noticeable about Earth is that it is a zone full of problems initially before God came to intervene.
The record of Heaven as far as we can glimpse is that it is a perfect Zone. The Earth was described as
being formless and void, with darkness filling every space.
So brace yourself, Problems is part of being alive.
2 Ignorance and Perception: When things go wrong various explanation comes around to our Mind,
Prayer, Tithe and some various religious duty came readily as possible culprit.
However Scripture made us to understand that in most of the cases we are wrong. Our limited
perception and limitation of Knowledge means the real reason for cause and effect may not be that
simple. The Problems and the Challenges may actually be for our good, they may be necessary steps
to prepare us for greater challenges ahead.
3 Sins and Obedience:
Most of the reason why things go wrong in our life is a combination of wilful disobedience and
unintentional transgressions of the Cosmic Laws in which the Almighty builds into the Universe.
While Ignorance is not an excuse in Law, there are consequences for every thought, behaviours and
deeds.
4 Human Choices: Unlike Animals and Robots, Humans have a unique ability; the Human will.
This unique ability derived from being created in the image of God, means that to certain extent we
can choose to improve our environments and make it a Paradise or create a Hell for ourselves on
Earth.
The amazing reality of Human History has been that Men when they comes into the avenue of
Power , be it Political , Military or otherwise have use the Powers to create tremendous Suffering
for their fellow Human being.
5 The Laws of Inheritances: One of the principles of Life is the Law of Inheritance. How an Individual
life will run is determined among other factors on the deeds and efforts of his ancestors. Actions and
deeds of Parents affect their children and grandchildren even when they are long gone from this
earth. The examples of this abound in Scriptures and History.

6 Human Errors: One of the Characteristics of Man according to one Sacred Scriptures is that he is
prone to errors. Man is essentially a blind creature. There are many problems that man bring upon
himself and then look for somebody else to blame, the perfect scapegoat have been Satan. The devil
made me to do it.
7 Lack of Foresight and Long Term Planning: Close to Human errors is the fact that most of Human
Problems could be linked to short term planning and failure to consider the long term effects of
present actions. A readily case that come to mind is how resources on earth are squandered
without thinking of the long term consequences for future generations of Homo Sapiens.
8 Satan and His angels: As a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ and the Teaching of Saint Paul the
Apostles, as Humans we are not fighting Flesh and Blood. The greatest enemies of the progress and
wellbeing of all Mankind are certain creatures of the Almighty who hate all Mankind and have
determined that Suffering will be the lot of Man in this world and the Next World.
We know that the Scripture promise that one day our Father in Heaven will intervene once again as
he did in the beginning and our precious Earth will once again become a Paradise, a perfect Zone just
like Heaven.

Glory be to the Father in Heaven Amen.

(c) Theop Ayodele

Menorah Light Foundation.