Trusting God Even When We Don’t Understand Him (3 of 4)
Series: Why God?
Scott Maze
Job 38-41
Job is one of the most unique stories you’ll hear – not just inside the Bible but anywhere. Today is third installment in our series and we arrive at highpoint of the story – the place where God breaks His silence and speaks from Heaven. Job is the story of man named Job, a man whose character was tremendously strong but he suffered greatly. Job is a book about the pain we experience in life. It’s a book about the loss of people closest to us, the family with autistic children, and the wife and mother who is diagnosed with a terminal disease. The book of Job causes us to reflect on the unjust suffering in our lives and it’s frustrating pointlessness of it all. We find Job’s life interesting because he asks God the question we all want to ask – “Why?” But the “why” question is always closely related to another question for people who are hurting and that’s the “How” question. How will get through this?
Again, at the center of our story is a man named Job – a very good man. He was as pure as the driven snow. There were no skeletons in his closet. The IRS could not find one thing wrong with his tax returns. They asked Job’s pastor and his high school teacher and everyone agreed Job was an exceedingly good man. The story goes like this: one day Satan says to God, “The reason Job follows you is you’re so good to him. Stop blessing him and he’ll turn away from you in a heartbeat.” Soon, this very good man experiences tremendous suffering in his life – his children die, he loses his wealth, and he’s near the point of death. Again, Job is here to help us understand that human suffering is not neat and tidy. Suffering isn’t doled out in perfect proportion to someone goodness or another person’s evil character. Every year, 1 billion children between the ages of 2-17 experience physical, sexual, or emotional abuse. One fourth of all adults report some form of abuse as ch ...
Series: Why God?
Scott Maze
Job 38-41
Job is one of the most unique stories you’ll hear – not just inside the Bible but anywhere. Today is third installment in our series and we arrive at highpoint of the story – the place where God breaks His silence and speaks from Heaven. Job is the story of man named Job, a man whose character was tremendously strong but he suffered greatly. Job is a book about the pain we experience in life. It’s a book about the loss of people closest to us, the family with autistic children, and the wife and mother who is diagnosed with a terminal disease. The book of Job causes us to reflect on the unjust suffering in our lives and it’s frustrating pointlessness of it all. We find Job’s life interesting because he asks God the question we all want to ask – “Why?” But the “why” question is always closely related to another question for people who are hurting and that’s the “How” question. How will get through this?
Again, at the center of our story is a man named Job – a very good man. He was as pure as the driven snow. There were no skeletons in his closet. The IRS could not find one thing wrong with his tax returns. They asked Job’s pastor and his high school teacher and everyone agreed Job was an exceedingly good man. The story goes like this: one day Satan says to God, “The reason Job follows you is you’re so good to him. Stop blessing him and he’ll turn away from you in a heartbeat.” Soon, this very good man experiences tremendous suffering in his life – his children die, he loses his wealth, and he’s near the point of death. Again, Job is here to help us understand that human suffering is not neat and tidy. Suffering isn’t doled out in perfect proportion to someone goodness or another person’s evil character. Every year, 1 billion children between the ages of 2-17 experience physical, sexual, or emotional abuse. One fourth of all adults report some form of abuse as ch ...
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