Questions We May Never Know The Answer To….

In reading the beginning of Job, after experiencing the tragedy he did, Job begins to question his life. He wishes he was never born. He asks questions we may never know the answers to. One of them is this: “why is life given to those with no future, those God has surrounded with difficulties?” Have you ever asked this question? Or have you ever met someone that has this type of mentality? I mean someone who is angry at God, or has no regard for Him or life itself? The only answer I have is that God is sovereign. He knows what He’s doing. The better question we need to be asking ourselves is “do we trust Him with our life”? It’s one thing to question God, but it’s totally another thing to not care about the possible answer. When people start to play God they start asking questions that seem put God in a box, i.e. make God look bad. When we start to step into God’s role, nothing good will come of it. Our role was never meant to do God’s job. Yet when we look to ourselves or others to answer questions only God can answer, we find ourselves in this predicament. Job is distraught with grief; he just lost his 10 children, his wealth, and his health is suffering. Even though his emotions were taking him down a dark road, he never blamed God for any of his suffering. Can you say this? I know I surely can’t. But the older I get the less and less I find myself distraught over answers I may never get. I guess it’s because I’m trusting God more. Do you find yourself doing this too? We need to step aside and trust God to do what He does. And in the process understand that feelings often times point us in a direction away from God. We need to go with what we know to be true. God is sovereign. Do you really believe this? Job did.

23 Why is life given to those with no future, those God has surrounded with difficulties? Job 3:23