What’s the right way to talk to God in suffering, challenge, calamity and disaster?

How we relate to God in suffering will determine whether we find faith or lose our faith.

God is powerful enough to handle these fierce animals

God is comparing these two wild animals of strength with Job.

How will Job respond?

Hear, I will speak!!!

Translations range from hating myself, despising myself, retracting, relenting, to repenting, sighing, sitting, to comfort

You can bring anything and everything to God

Job realized his perspective is limited.
Even in his dust and ashes, even in his fragility and pain,
even in his disaster he is comforted
Because God has shown up to speak to him.

Therefore I retract and am comforted about dust and ashes”
(Richard Middleton)

God wants real talk with us and from us

What kills relationships isn’t saying the things we feel, or even the wrong things, it's saying nothing at all.

That Job can only say "I recant" because he first opened up, complained, and poured it all out

Real talk is the only path to real relationship.

What do you need to say to God today?

God is big enough to handle it.

Main Point:
God wants real talk with us, even if it’s hard and impious.

[Challenge]
Have some real talk with God, because He can handle it.