Perplexity and faith often mingle on the path of life, the path of God. Job learned that true faith does not grow in a nice, neat package but right in the middle of the mess and the pain.
And sometimes we can’t really sort things out so we just keep moving ahead and trusting the One we know loves us with an everlasting love and is Sovereign Lord. We go forward even when we don’t “see” God because we know he is there and he is good no matter what the mess and the pain tell us. And trusting in times like this bring “God is so good” way past the cliche to the deep places of our hearts. Kerry and I know pain, more than we would like, and we will both tell you that those words – “God is so good” – shine very brightly against the dark background that life can too often be.
“Behold, I go forward but He is not there,
And backward, but I cannot perceive Him;
9When He acts on the left, I cannot behold Him;
He turns on the right, I cannot see Him.
10“But He knows the way I take;
When He has tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
11“My foot has held fast to His path;
I have kept His way and not turned aside.
12“I have not departed from the command of His lips;
I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my necessary food. “ http://ref.ly/Jb23.8-12;nasb95 via @Logos
And backward, but I cannot perceive Him;
9When He acts on the left, I cannot behold Him;
He turns on the right, I cannot see Him.
10“But He knows the way I take;
When He has tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
11“My foot has held fast to His path;
I have kept His way and not turned aside.
12“I have not departed from the command of His lips;
I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my necessary food. “ http://ref.ly/Jb23.8-12;nasb95 via @Logos
Sent from my iPad
