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Scripture
For though I were right, I could not answer;
I would have to implore the mercy of my judge. Job 10:15

Observation
Prior to the equivalent of September 11 in Job’s life, from all outward appearances the man of God seemed to have his relationship with God together. But it took tragedy and pain to reveal something to Job that he didn’t see in himself.

What was Job’s flaw? He put up with God. He accepted that God is sovereign and can act as he chooses. But deep down, Job felt that somehow he knew better. He imagined, if only he could have an audience with the Lord he could clear things up and God would see things his way.

It would take 40 Bible chapters of pain before Job would come to see things from God’s point of view. Job would discover that the greatest prayer is when we clasp a hand over our own mouths to keep ourselves from speaking in light of the majesty of a sovereign God.

Application
There are long and tedious waiting periods in pain. In those moments, the Father invites us into a stillness and silence, where prayer gives way to trusting in the eternal purposes of God. Our questions are put into storage as we become content worshipping the God we do not fully know who accomplishes all that we desire in ways that we do not understand. It is then that we discover a deep level of prayer, not trying to convince God of our point of view, but in seeing life from his point of view.

Prayer
Father, there are Job moments in my life, when I don’t understand why you disassemble things in order to build new things. I do not want to be one who puts up with you, harboring a superior sense of “I know better”. Instead, I trust what I do not understand because You I do know. When life is bad, I know that God is good. That is enough for me. Amen.