Isaiah 55:8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. 9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
Though we may not completely understand the reasons every time, we may rest assured of the fact that God does not do things arbitrarily, neither is He moved to spontaneous action, without first thinking things through, a format we would do well to follow. There are several instances in the Bible, where, on account of a certain course of action taken by some, The Lord saw it fit to administer justice, and these instances could cause persons to sink into spiritual darkness, if certain truths about God are not fully understood.
There are instances where there may seem to be a mismatch in the administration of justice, and the surface reader, risks going away with an incomplete or distorted view, if the time was not taken to study the issues through. Some persons wonder why God visited the city of Jerusalem in days of old with such a devastating judgement in response to David’s numbering of the people.
What is worthy of note in that episode is that the narrative begins with these very words: “And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel”. In other words, over the years, satan has figured out what he needs to do, in order to trigger an adverse event, and though he may not succeed every time, because of God’s mercies, yet he knows that laws of sowing and reaping do run their natural course.
1st Chronicles 21:1 And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel. 2 And David said to Joab and to the rulers of the people, Go, number Israel from Beersheba even to Dan; and bring the number of them to me, that I may know it.
May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!