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We all must choose exactly what will occupy our time and attention when we are in the dreaded position of waiting out a storm. What you decide to do during a tempest that has the audacity to damage your life is one of the most important choices you will ever make. If, during the storm, you can choose to worship rather than blame, your life might be even more triumphant in the post-storm period. 

Job is not the only biblical character who had to make this particular decision. Abraham had to choose how to wait for God’s promise of a son. Hannah had to choose how to wait during years of infertility. David had to choose how to wait when he was dealing with depression and loneliness. Esther had to choose how to wait for God’s miraculous intervention to spare the lives of His people. Paul and Silas had to choose how to wait while they were in the depth and darkness of a Roman prison. What all of these biblical heroes and heroines have in common is not the fact that they faced a storm, but it is their resilient choice to worship in the midst of it. 

The words you choose to utter while facing such a tempest reveal the degree of your intimacy with God. The declarations you make while the tornado is whirling around you reveal what you know about who He really is. 

Job’s choice to worship in spite of peer pressure, in spite of physical pain, in spite of financial ruin, and in spite of a future that had been stolen from him was an uncommon and determined choice. Choosing to worship, no matter what your circumstances may be, is never an easy or obvious decision; it takes great resolve and even greater discipline. Worship is a peculiar decision—but a holy one—when all you see is devastation across the horizon of your life Worship is the singular decision to keep your eyes on the Lord and not on your circumstances. 

I dare you to continue to worship the Lord even when you don’t understand Him and when others around you are wailing. I urge you to put all of your hope in your good, good Father, regardless of what others are saying about your situation.