20 Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped, 21 And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord. 22 In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly (Job 1:20-22).
In one day Job lost everything. God had allowed Satan to kill Job’s sons and daughters, servants and livestock; all Job had was gone in instant. While it is difficult to fathom the kind of pain Job endured, it is equally difficult to understand why God allowed it to happen. But Job understood a profound truth about God. God is sovereign and all that we have is ultimately God’s not our own. Job understood that he was in the care of God and that while Job couldn’t have understood why these things happened to him, he did trust God. By placing his trust in God, Job was seeking an eternal future, a future in which God will restore all things to their proper place and order.
In one day Job lost everything. God had allowed Satan to kill Job’s sons and daughters, servants and livestock; all Job had was gone in instant. While it is difficult to fathom the kind of pain Job endured, it is equally difficult to understand why God allowed it to happen. But Job understood a profound truth about God. God is sovereign and all that we have is ultimately God’s not our own. Job understood that he was in the care of God and that while Job couldn’t have understood why these things happened to him, he did trust God. By placing his trust in God, Job was seeking an eternal future, a future in which God will restore all things to their proper place and order.
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