May 30, 2025

Do we affect God in any way with our righteousness or our unrighteousness? Whether you do good or bad, in no way is God moved by it. He doesn’t need us to do His bidding; he has angels to do that. So whatever rules He puts in place for us is for our wellbeing. 

If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him? If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand? Job 35:6-7

When we cry out to God because of oppression, and we think He doesn’t hear us, it is our fault because we are not humble and ask wrongly. Instead we should:

1. Seek to get to know God during our time of affliction.
2. Notice God’s mercy during the oppression.
3. Humble ourselves.
4. Pray with sincerity.

It is pertinent for us to seek the answer for why we are being challenged rather than ask for it to end without knowing why God allowed us to go through times of affliction. We must trust that God knows what’s best for us. 

Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him. Job 35:14