Good Grief: Learning to Lament With Jobናሙና

GOD RESPONDS and JOB IS RESTORED

Throughout nearly 40 chapters of this book, Job has questioned God a lot. He’s asked God a lot of questions. Making a request is a crucial part of the lamenting process. And now it’s time for God to respond to Job.

The interesting thing about God’s response is that it’s not what Job is asking for. He’s asking to understand why all of these things have happened to him. He’s lived a God-honoring life and yet he’s still suffered greatly. How can that be? In our own moments of grief, we do the same thing. Have you

God takes this opportunity to remind Job who He is. God not so subtly reminds Job that he knows a very tiny piece of a very large picture. A large picture that God created and has full control over. Job is being reminded that he can trust that God knows what he’s doing. God lets Job know that we live in an incredible world, and it WAS designed to be perfect, but its broken state cannot prevent our suffering. God lets Job know that we live in an incredible world, and it WAS designed to be perfect, but its broken state cannot prevent our suffering. He’s not giving Job a clear answer as to WHY suffering is happening. But He’s trustworthy and His plan is always better. Even when we can’t see what it is.

Ask Yourself and Journal:

-Do I trust that God has a plan even when things aren’t going how I pictured?

-What are some things in my life right now that I need to fully hand over to God’s plan?

Pause to Pray the prayer Jesus teaches us in Matthew 6:9-13, Our Father in Heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. Amen.

For more study of Biblical Lament, search for these whoisgrace plans:

Good Grief: Learning to Lament in the Psalms

Good Grief: Learning to Lament with Jesus

Good Grief: Learning to Lament in Lamentations

Good Grief: Learning to Lament Your Sin

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