Exodus 3:10 Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt.

This why is obvious! God chose Moses to set his people free. Are all motives this clear?

Numbers 22:7 And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand; and they came unto Balaam, and spake unto him the words of Balak.

What is the motive here? Who is the author of the motive? Why would the rewards of divination even be a consideration if this prophet Balaam was intimate with the mind of God? Can you see the who and the where are contributing factors into the why? Not all motives are as clear as the case with Moses.

Why is so often attributed to the personal character of an individual. Are you what you do? I do not mean your profession. Are you a narcissist if you are vain about your appear or just insecure? If you can relate to what someone says, does that mean they are just like you? No, people are more complicated than their words and actions.

I have Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Often I would not even understand what I was doing because of it. The why became important because it was driving unconscious behavior. It is not who I am but I was doing it in spite of myself. Not everyone realizes how their words and actions look to other people. Now that we are Christians and serve our God, it matters. What we do and say reflects on His name.

There are other stressors besides PTSD. Many of them we deal with alone silently and that ought not to be. Who knows you intimately? Who do you open up to and share your burdens? Remember helps is one of the gifts of the spirit.

Now I ask; do I need to know all this to be saved?

Zechariah 7:5 Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh month, even those seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me, even to me?

I am sure most people are familiar with WWW in the context of the World Wide Web. Here my intension is to relate the Who, the Where and the Why of scriptures. Each is important to the understanding of any particular scripture and it’s relevance to our studies and personal attachment. I say personal attachment because there is the ability within us to take on an emotional attachment that may or may not be meant for us personally.

Who is speaking? How much do you know about the character and history of the speaker? Is he a prophet or King? Is he a priest or a messenger? Is he a man at all? What are his genetics? Is he raised up or called into the position he holds? Is there any historical record of his achievements or is this the only record of his involvement? Knowing a person gives more creditability to his words. As an example we know little if anything about Job’s friends Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite save where they were from. Even in that what does that say about them? Should we give credence to their words?

Where is more than a city or region but also a time frame for history. Historical significance changes over time because of rulers, culture, relationships and personal experience. As an example Babylon was a much different place after Israel’s captivity. They influenced Babylon and Babylon influenced them? The returning Jews were different than the Jews that were not led into captivity. History shows a significant attitude towards those who did not live through that seventy year captivity. Do you know the where because it influences the speech?

The why is perhaps the most important W of all.