As a pastor, one of the most frequent things I hear from people is that they need God to tell them "why"? They are meaning, why the loss of a loved one, or why they have lost a job, or why they are going through an illness or disease, or any number of other scenarios where there is pain, struggle, or hardship. People very frequently get so upset because they don't receive an answer to their demand to know "why" that they become angry and bitter at God. Often times they begin to blame God for their situation, which is ironic because seldom do I hear of people who are made at Satan over their situation. I was thinking about this recently and a thought hit me... in the Bible, Job never was told why he went through what he did, yet still Job remained faithful to God, saying that even if it cost him his life, he would praise God to the very end.
There is a very powerful lesson in that part of this story. Do we trust God and will we continue to honor God and give him worship, even when life is falling apart? I believe that therein is the secret to Jobs ultimate outcome of having everything he lost restored to him in double portion!
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