“God In Our Suffering”(Job 42:1-7)

 

We are told that Job has a happy ending, but many of us question this. Job loses his children and endures the suffering, but later God gives him new children. It doesn't seem like anything anyone would want to go through and it does not seem like a happy ending.  

 

Actually, we see that Job complains much and even asks God why this is happening to him. God tells him or rather shows Job that He is his creator. 

 

As our creator, God is greater than us and has plans that we cannot understand. God is a leader and will lead us. God will listen to us, but we need to be silent and listen to God. 

 

We see in the Bible when God answers prayers in ways sometimes that is not the same as what we want. Paul is rescued from prison whereas John the Baptist lost his head. David is crowned king whereas Jonathan was killed in battle. God's sovereign will is not always understandable to us. God answers prayers, but not always like how we want to hear the answer. 

 

God has plans for all of us. 

I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you; 

Job 42:5 ESV 

 

In this verse, we read that Job has encountered God and now knows who God is. Job was a righteous man, but before all of these tragedies, he did not know God. For today's church, many may only know God from the sermons or reading the word. To encounter or experience God is more profound than just hearing sermons or going to church. 

 

After Job had encountered God, he no longer had to worry about the future because Job understood God is the creator and his father. We may worry about our future, but if we understand who God is, we would not worry. 

 

Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? 

Matthew 6:26-27 ESV 

2023-04-30 Worship Songs

• Lord I Need You

• Make A Way
• Shout to the Lord