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Faith and Tragedy Faith and Tragedy “Although the fig tree shall not blossom...the flock shall be cut off from the fold...yet I will rejoice” Habakkuk 3:17-18 FAITH will not purchase for the Christian immunity from the sorrows and tragedies of life. It will , however, empower him to triumph in them. Scripture and experience unite to teach that tragedy strikes in the life of just and unjust alike. There is no respect of person. How else explain the stark tragedy of the cross? Here was the ultimate of the of God in His Father’s love. In the darkness of Golgotha two momentous utterances affirmed His unwavering trust. ”My God, my God, why didst thou forsake me? ”and” Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit.” Even in the hour of dereliction He claimed God as His Father. Knowledge had begotten trust. In the dawn of human history the most upright man of his day was beset by tragedy upon tragedy. Job was denuded of flocks and herds, sons and daughters, servants and wealth. He lost his health and even the supporting confidence of his wife. And his reaction ? ”Though he slay me yet will I trust in him” (13:15). Stationed on his watchtower, the prophet Habakkuk was perplexed by unanswered prayer and an apparently inactive Providence. The affliction of the righteous and the prosperity of the evil-doer confused him-until he received a word from the Lord,” The righteous shall live by his faith”(2:4).With this assurance he met stark tragedy-no blossoms on the fig tree, no fruit on the vine; barren olive tees and parched fields; folds without flocks and stalls without herds. The whole economy of the nation foundered. And the answer of faith ? ” Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my survive tragedy and heartbreak. -J. Oswald Sanders 
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