After GOD had finished addressing Job, He turned to Eliphaz the Temanite and said, "I’ve had it with you and your two friends. I’m fed up! You haven’t been honest either with me or about me — not the way my friend Job has." — Job 42:7 from The Message
I like this rendering of this verse because it reminds us that God invites our struggle with Him. Job engaged God honestly. No, he didn’t have a clue about many things and neither do we. But Job didn’t settle for pat answers and comfortable theology. He led the way to authenticity.
If you haven’t already come to a place where life and God don’t make any sense, you will. It happens to all of us sooner or later. When it does, it’s reassuring to know that God is okay with our sleepless nights of hard questions.
It’s out on the lake, when the wind is blowing and the waves have risen to swamp our boat of life, when God-in-the-flesh is sleeping and we are helpless, and all we know to do is to cry out, "Master, don’t you care … ?" — this is when and where we discover who God really is.
Be encouraged!
Dwight
Dwight Clough is the author of four Christian books and is an active member of Lake City Church in Madison. This devotional is also available via email and you may review the archives back to 2002. Dwight and his wife Kim provide prayer ministry for inner healing / transformation and coaching in prayer ministry. He is available to speak to your group or church. To contact Dwight or Kim, use their contact form. You may also support their ministry.