Daily devotion – Friday 3rd September 2021
The answer to our biggest question – why?
Job – 23:11 “I have kept His way and not turned aside.”
How many times has the question, why, been on the lips of those going through a massive storm in their lives?
The Book of Job is often thought to be the oldest book in the Bible. Whether it is or not, it certainly deals with one of humanity’s oldest questions “Why does God allow suffering?”
This is not an easy issue, because it goes to the heart of our deepest questions about God. After all …..the argument runs…..how could a loving God allow suffering?
Or another way to look at it – if God allows us to suffer, He must not love us. But that conclusion is false. Goes does love us – and the proof is the suffering He allowed His Son to endure on the cross.
So where does that leave us then? The key is to understand that the character of God is what Job discovered during his journey through suffering. This is what Job came to realize.
God did not give Job a logical, complete answer for his suffering. But through Job’s experiences he came to realize that God could be trusted, because He is merciful and loving.
And today you can trust Him too – not because He always gives us all the answers, but simply because He is God!