He Knows The Way I Take

Then Job answered and said: “Even today my complaint is bitter; My hand is listless because of my groaning.

Oh, that I knew where I might find Him, That I might come to His seat!

I would present my case before Him, and fill my mouth with arguments.

I would know the words which He would answer me, and understand what He would say to me.

Would He contend with me in His great power? No! But He would take note of me.

There the upright could reason with Him, and I would be delivered forever from my Judge.

“Look, I go forward, but He is not there, and backward, but I cannot perceive Him; when He works on the left hand, I cannot behold Him; when He turns to the right hand, I cannot see Him.

But He knows the way that I take; when He has tested me, I shall come forth as gold.

My foot has held fast to His steps; I have kept His way and not turned aside.

I have not departed from the commandment of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth

more than my necessary food.

Job 23:1-12

Throughout our lives we experience many sorrows for which there are no adequate explanations. Some are catastrophic events with far-reaching effects while others are personal, private tragedies that alter our individual lives and families.

When Job lost his children and his wealth in a single day, he sank into an angry depression and resisted any attempted explanations by his friends. Yet he held out hope that someday there would be an answer from God.

Oswald Chambers has said, “There will come one day a personal and direct touch from God when every tear and perplexity, every oppression and distress, every suffering and pain, and wrong and injustice will have a complete and ample and overwhelming explanation.”

Today, as we face life’s unanswered questions, we can find help and hope in God’s love and promises.

When we face unanswered questions, we find help and hope in God’s love.

Our Daily Bread – January 26, 2016