Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Job 23:1-7
by: Linda Lawton.
Job here expressed something we all feel when we are enduring hard times. If we could just stand before God, talk to Him, figure out why this is happening, then everything would be better. We could reason with God, tell Him our side. We all want answers to the reasons for suffering—either our own or that of someone else. Yet I am not sure that knowing the answer would make things better. We know the reason for Job’s trials—that Satan challenged God. Would that have made Job feel any better? Ultimately, we must rest in the knowledge that God loves us and desires the best for us.