Job 3:25,26 What I always feared has happened to me. What I dreaded has come true. I have no peace, no quietness. I have no rest, only trouble comes (NLT).
Job had lost much. He lost his children, his business, his health and his upright standing in his community that came with respect. He was filled with sorrow. Complaining over and over about all that had befallen him despite his blameless living. He could not comprehend how all this had happened to him after living a blameless life. We know by reading the Book of Job that he did live a blameless life. He had hoped to avoid all the “bad” things that can happen: And was confused to find that his upstanding living had not spared him from tragedy.
With that being said, I know that there have been times in all our lives where we have asked that question: WHY? Why had some horrible tragedy fallen upon us or someone so close to us? Didn’t God love me/us? Why did He allow this? I tried to live a blameless life and for what? So many questions and so few answers. We can lose sight of the truth of God’s Word and His promise of love for us. Our measuring gage becomes our circumstances and not the truth of Gods promise.
What Job didn’t realize is that God’s love was not defined by Job’s prosperity, his family, his health or his approval with the “in crowd.” But it was defined by his Word: His Truth. Nothing separates us from the love of God.
Romans 8:39 No power in the sky or in the earth below-indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord (NLT).
So next time you are questioning God’s love for you, I encourage you to look at your means of measure. Is it God’s Word? His Truth? His promises? Or is it the always changeable unpredictable things in life?
Victory Call 