Job 23:10 NKJV
But He knows the way that I take; When He has tested me, I shall come forth as gold.
So many questions plagued Job in his miserable state.
Why all the trouble? Why all the loss and bereavement? Why this wretched disease on top of everything else?
The chapter starts with him desiring to "take God to court" and argue His case before Him.
Job 23:3-5 NKJV
Oh, that I knew where I might find Him, That I might come to His seat! [4] I would present my case before Him, And fill my mouth with arguments. [5] I would know the words which He would answer me, And understand what He would say to me.
Nevertheless it seemed that his God was nowhere to be found and there was silence from the heavens!
Job 23:8-9 NKJV
"Look, I go forward, but He is not there, And backward, but I cannot perceive Him; [9] When He works on the left hand, I cannot behold Him; When He turns to the right hand, I cannot see Him.
As mortals, we seem to be at the mercy of some cosmic pinball machine - tossed to and fro by haphazard circumstances - never knowing what's around the next bend.
Thankfully Job comforts himself in the infinite knowledge and foreknowledge of God.
However, during the discourse between Job and his "comforters", there's some finger pointing at the Almighty - some self righteous pleadings.
When, eventually God does speak with Job, Job is brought down to size.
Job 42:1-6 NKJV
Then Job answered the LORD and said: [2] "I know that You can do everything, And that no purpose of Yours can be withheld from You. [3] You asked, 'Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge?' Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand, Things too wonderful for me, which I did not know. [4] Listen, please, and let me speak; You said, 'I will question you, and you shall answer Me.' [5] "I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear, But now my eye sees You. [6] Therefore I abhor myself, And repent in dust and ashes."
When we encounter the Living God, our prideful arguments dissolve in His Awesome Presence....
I can only conclude thatI may not know what's ahead, the whys and the wherefores, but, through faith in Jesus, I can know the One who does! Therefore my heart takes comfort in that.
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