God is in control of everything concerning us. He knows best. He has the
answer to everything there is to life. No matter what life may hurl at us, God
has the capacity to turn everything into a blessing for us and a glory for Himself.
This is what Paul meant in Romans 8:28, “And we know that God
causes all things to work together for good to those who love God,
to those who are called according to His purpose.”
The suffering of Job did not come from God. It
came from Satan, who instigated God and was granted the permission to make Job suffer.
God agreed to the testing of Job because He had every confidence in His servant.
His evaluation of Job was that he was a blameless and righteous man. Trying to
make sense of his suffering Job griped and insisted in his innocence. He insisted
that if he had an opportunity with God, he would maintain his innocence. He would
like to know the justification why he had to undergo such a horrific time. God’s challenge to Job was, “Shall
mortal man contend with God?” He then gave him an opportunity to say his peace.
Then from the lengthy discourse in chapters 38-39, God showed Job’s ineptness concerning
the working of nature and God’s other creation. How then could he understand God’s
moral governance and providence?
Then in Job 40:1-5, God invited Job to make good his charges against Him.
Job, of course, declined the opportunity. He knew too well that he had no right
to argue with the Sovereign God. So, he conceded that God was greater, and
acknowledged that he himself was of no account. And he knew that the best thing
for him was to silently submit to God’s will for now and for the future. Though
Job was godly and self-assured, the attitude he displayed in his insistence of
innocence bordered on pride and self-trust. Job had unwittingly alleged that God
had mismanaged and shown injustice in His control of the world. In verses 8-14,
with cutting sarcasm God challenged Job to try to rule the world if he could. He
told Job, “If you think you can do it better than I, go ahead and try”
What lesson can we learn from these verses. Man ought to evaluate himself
and not judge God. For we can never rival Him. A person who thinks he has the
capacity to rival God is self-deluded. What we can see with our physical eyes is
only a tip of the iceberg, because the future of the glory to be unfolded will
surpass what we are seeing now. Let us trust God and never for a moment think
we can do a better job than Him. Let us trust God absolutely, even in time of
great distress!
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