Finding Hope in JobSample

Bad Things Happen To Good People

In Job 2:3, God stressed that Job was afflicted with suffering ‘without any reason’. It tells us that he was blameless and upright, a man who feared God and turned away from evil.

This verse explodes the myth that suffering is always the result of sin. God makes it plain and simple: suffering is not always the direct result of sin. Suffering is not always our fault.

Job’s sufferings make no sense to us because we think that bad things aren’t supposed to happen to good people.

That’s the great irony of Job: sometimes bad things happen to good people who are living in a right relationship with God. Sometimes God’s purposes and His actions are beyond our understanding.

‘Who could ever wrap their minds around the riches of God, the depth of his wisdom, and the marvel of his perfect knowledge? Who could ever explain the wonder of his decisions or search out the mysterious way he carries out his plans?’ Romans 11:33 (TPT).

Unless God chooses to explain Himself – and many times He does not – some of our questions will remain unanswered on this side of eternity.

Written by Heidi Wysman