God has a reputation to keep

Isaiah 48: 10-11
See, I have refined you, though not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction. For my own sake, for my own sake, I do this. How can I let myself be defamed? I will not yield my glory to another.

Everything that God has done, he did it for His name sake. Why do we worry that we have to protect His name? Who are we to do so? God will do whatever He wants to do. We get angry and sad about the seemingly irrational decisions which befalls upon us. We get angry and sad that we are seemingly being buillied to the core. We get angry and sad that we cant do anything except to pray and forgive. We have been provoked but why did we not fight?

It is not because we are afraid. It is not because we are weak. It is because we know that God is in control. We know that our God is strong and mighty. We know that this is not our business. It is His business. It is His reputation to keep. If God lets it happen, who are we to fight for Him? We will just be like Peter which Jesus rebuked and said "Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me. You do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men" (Matt16:23)

we do not know why this happen. We do not know what God is doing. But, we know that God knows what He's doing.

This is His reputation. He will keep.