One of the hardest parts of our faith is the "why God?" moments. God, why do these evil people thrive? Why do these good people suffer? Your people are persecuted, your enemies are exalted. Why do you let this happen?
We are not unique. It's been nearly 2,000 years since the Bible was completed, and within its pages, we find not only the written word of God, but the struggles of those whom He guided. One such man is Habakkuk, a prophet who, seeing a contradiction between what he believed and what he saw in the world, honestly questioned God, asking hard questions, like if you're so pure that you can't even look at evil, why aren't you protecting the righteous from the wicked? (Habakkuk 1:13).
But Habakkuk doesn't just ask the questions. He also listens for the answer. But what's especially astounding about this man's faith is that he assumes from the beginning that the Lord is right. He doesn't do what a lot of us do, "give me an answer, give it to me now, and if I don't like it, I won't follow." Habakkuk humbles himself, saying he will hear what the Lord says, and what he will reply when, not if, he is corrected.
In our feeble minds, faith is often based on what we think we know. When God ceases to conform to the beliefs we already hold, we cease to conform to Him. But this is the opposite of how we should be. As a child to his father, or a student to his teacher, so must we be to God. He has wisdom we could never fathom, authority we could never hope to hold, and love that was displayed for all to see when the one who must humble Himself just to see the stars (Psalm 113:6) became a mere worm in the sight of men (Psalm 22:6). We could never even hope to talk back to God, and so when we don't understand what's going on, we are in the wrong.
There is no harm in asking an honest question. God is occasionally even gracious enough to answer them. The big questions are certainly answered by the scriptures. But in seeking those answers, we must be humble, like Habakkuk, and recognise who is on the throne.