Day 18 - Job

Job went through some nearly unbearable stuff. He lost riches, family members, and dignity. When we fall on hard times, it's easy to begin to blame God and get disrespectful of Him. Job did just that. He started getting a little high and mighty. God was listening and this is how He responded:

“Where were you when I laid the earth's foundation?

Tell me, if you understand.

Who marked off its dimensions? Surely you know!

Who stretched a measuring line across it?

On what were its footings set,

or who laid its cornerstone—

while the morning stars sang together

and all the angels shouted for joy?

“Who shut up the sea behind doors

when it burst forth from the womb,

when I made the clouds its garment

and wrapped it in thick darkness,

when I fixed limits for it

and set its doors and bars in place,

when I said, ‘This far you may come and no farther;

here is where your proud waves halt’?

“Have you ever given orders to the morning,

or shown the dawn its place,

that it might take the earth by the edges

and shake the wicked out of it? (Job 38:4-13)

Where were you? I love that question. You didn't create all this and you don't rule over the universe. Job was humbled.

It's easy for us to question God when we don't understand what's happening in our lives. We get to thinking that we deserve better. We question God's motives.

But...we can rest assured that God is in control. God has a plan. And, we are not God. That seems basic, but we all struggle with that from time to time. What God is saying to Job is a message to us, "I'm a big God with a big plan, just trust me." Life might not be going your way right now, but trust this big God. He has been there since the beginning. He's working on your behalf. Trust Him.