May 18, 2025

Though I tread carefully when questioning what God is doing, I don’t think it is entirely wrong or sinful. What if we never asked questions? How would we ever sort through the information we were receiving? Job knew where his help came from, but couldn’t understand why he was on trial. He knew God was refining him and that he would come out as gold, but even after careful contemplation, he couldn’t understand what he had done to deserve it or find where he had sinned. He thought that if he could see God and stand before him, He wouldn’t condemn him, but would give him strength. However, he couldn’t perceive Him, and felt that He was hiding from him. Don’t we all have thoughts like this sometimes? If only life were easy and unencumbered by dysfunction. However, would we even seek God if our lives were too easy? Let’s be honest, some of us would, but most would forget about Him. What is the solution? Immerse yourself in the Word of God, diligently seek Him by calling out to Him in prayer. God is eager to come to your rescue, so His name should be the first thing on your lips before you even take that first sip of coffee each day. If you’re in a pinch and things are beginning to spiral, call out the name of Jesus; nothing or no one can stand when Jesus’s name is invoked. Try it; you’ll see. 

Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him: On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him: But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold. Job 23:8-10