In one day God allowed Satan to kill all Job’s children and destroy his business. <\/p>\n
Job 27:2 (NIV)
“As surely as God lives, who has denied me justice, the Almighty, who has made me taste bitterness of soul,<\/p>\n
God … who has denied me justice. <\/p>\n
God is unfair, and Job knew it. <\/p>\n
And I agree with Job … somewhat. <\/p>\n
Job was God’s top choice as to what it meant to be righteous and godly, and God let all kinds of terrible things happen to Job. <\/p>\n
(NIV) Job 1:8 Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil.”<\/p>\n
Why would God allow Satan to do such awful things to a person he thought so much of?<\/p>\n
Because Job needed to go somewhere. <\/p>\n
He needed to leave his land of blessing for God’s land of blessing. <\/p>\n
“Listen” to Job’s before and after. <\/p>\n
(NIV) Job 42:3 You asked, ‘Who is this that obscures my counsel without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.<\/p>\n
(NIV) Job 42:5 My ears had heard of you but now my eyes have seen you.<\/p>\n
Job now saw the difference between the cushy life of enjoying God’s blessing and the reality of enjoying God. <\/p>\n
God’s playing field is bigger than ours. He will allow unfair things, even direct the drama, so our story will grow past the immediate, the temporary to a story lived in eternity before the presence of God. <\/p>\n
God’s playing field is forever, and we need to realize that to continue to trust his goodness and his direction for our lives. <\/p>\n
The Good Shepherd leads us from our first moment of trust to a world beyond our comprehension. <\/p>\n
Listen to Job again speak of things too wonderful for him to know. <\/p>\n
(NIV) Job 42:3 You asked, ‘Who is this that obscures my counsel without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.<\/p>\n
God has a journey planned for each of his children to the land of “too wonderful.”<\/p>\n
And sometimes he seems very unfair in the process. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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