Yet Will I Trust In Him
Today,s Passage – Job 13 – 15
Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him. (Job 13:15)
In this statement we see Job’s declaration of faith in God. Though Job certainly has not figured out why God has allowed all of this tragedy to come into his life, he plainly declares here that no matter what God does to him (or allows to be done to him), he will continue to trust Him. When you and I read this book of the Bible it is easy for us, from the perspective of history, to identify with what Job has stated here. But think for a minute with me. If that were you or me going through what Job went through, how would we be feeling about God. If God were to allow us to lose everything all at once; and then to have excruciating physical pain be placed on top of it all, how would we react? Could we say, truthfully, “yet will I trust in Him”.
Last year I watched a movie/documentary called Amish Grace about the Nickle Mines tragedy in Lancaster, PA a few years ago. The movie recounts the true story of a troubled man who went into an Amish school house, shooting 10 little girls and killing 5 of them. The amazing thing is that the Amish people chose to trust God’s wisdom in allowing what happened. Though it was very painful; though it took a little time for all of them to come to this decision: they chose to forgive the man that shot their children. This was certainly a modern day picture of the what Job went through. These Amish folks did not understand why God had allowed it to happened, yet they continued to keep their trust in the Lord.
Most of the time I feel that my faith is so weak, I doubt whether it could stand up to such intense suffering. I guess it will have to be the grace of God that will sustain me through those dark days. I know that difficult days lie ahead. I want to prepare for them now by getting so close to God that it will be easier to trust Him when it doesn’t seem like He is even there.
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I am so thankful I read this post today.
Today I had such a difficult day and came home to some news that didnt make it any better. Quickly, I felt myself loosing trust and faith in God and even started getting mad for what happened. As the day went by, everything seemed to settle down, the dust cleared and my anger disappeared. When I realized how much anguish and lack of faith I displayed within myself, it really did upset me. I immediately turned the Matthew 17:20, read the verse and asked God to forgive me for not even having a mustard seed of faith in Him for what happened.
I believe this happened for a reason, the pain, the repentance, the closeness and even reading this passage about Job all have a reason behind it. After all was done, that closeness to God and the oneness I felt I been lacking all clicked back into place.
I truly, and even though I have to remind myself, believe that what happens is for a reason and God is in control. He is the authority, the power and the answer.
It blows my mind how God has worked in my life. I truly want to work with myself in having more faith in Him. It’s sad how easy it is to forget about Him when times are good or when worries are few and far. But, when the skies turn gray we find ourselves looking for God relentlessly for an answer, to question and a reason. sometimes, all we need is a little bit of faith in him to smooth away those rough edges in our lives and sometimes those rough times are needed…to remind us who is in charge.