NO MATTER WHAT

NO MATTER WHAT!

Job 13:15-16

15 Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.

16 He also shall be my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come before him.

Job 23:10

10 But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

           Job was stubbornly trusting in God. Not only did he believe when there was little evidence, but he chose to believe even when the evidence was against him. Was God a good God? Job’s current experience indicated that God was impulsive and unpredictable; that He was cruel and uncaring; and that He rewarded good behavior with bad results. Nevertheless, Job would trust God no matter what!

           Job found no reason to change his ways. He said: “I will maintain mine own ways before him.” The word “maintain” actually means to argue or to dispute. Job continued to argue that he had done nothing to deserve these painful things. He had searched his heart and found no reason to change his habits or behavior.

           Like Paul, in his letter to the Ephesians, Job was forced to conclude that “[God] worketh all things after the counsel of his own will” (Eph 1:11). In other words, what God determines to do and why are His secrets to keep. Do not allow what you don’t know to cause you to question what you do know to be true.

Deut 29:29

29 The secret things belong unto the Lord  our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.

Dear Lord, when we can’t see or understand your works or your purposes, let us trust your heart. AMEN