Job 40-42, Matthew 25, Psalm 24
Job 42: 1-3 (ESV)
“Then Job answered the Lord and said: “I know that you can
do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted. ‘Who is this that
hides counsel without knowledge?’ Therefore I have uttered what I did not
understand, things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.”
In verses 1 through 3 from Job 42 Job told God that he
realized all things came from God, good and bad. Job confessed to God that he did
not understand how powerful God is, when he doubted God for all the bad things
that was happening to him. Job ended up having to tell God how repentant he was
having doubted him. I think the story of Job reminds us that we need to not
lose our faith in God when bad things happen to us. We cannot assume that God
has lost control of our life and allowed these bad things to happen us. We
cannot make assumptions about the reasons that bad things happen in our life.
We instead need to have constant faith that no matter what happens in our life,
God is in control. We cannot presume to know God’s mind, God’s plan for our
life. But what we can know is that our God is all powerful and is in control of
everything that is happening in our life. All of it, including the bad things. Everything
has a purpose in our life, and we need to faith that God knows what is
happening to us and it’s all part of God’s plan for our life.
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