Job
9 – 10
Verse 9:2 asks an interesting question:
If one wanted to
argue with Him,
even in a thousand questions he would not be able to answer Him
once.
How many times have we argued with God over
our problems or the injustice in the world? I know it’s constantly on my mind
and tend to vent at God more than argue, since I can say all I want to and it’s
unlikely that things will change outside His will. We fight and struggle for
justice and fairness in our own opinion but rarely look at God’s when arguing.
Honestly, we can never know why or even if something is being done for a reason
or just circumstances.
As I am reading this I am reminded, “God
will never give us more than we can handle.” So off to find the reference this
is commonly attributed to 1 Corinthians 10:12 – 13, but it doesn’t say that.
The verse is clear to note that God will not TEMPT us more than we can handle,
but not give us burdens more than we can bear. So I found this was not a saying
that could scripturally apply to Job.
Verses 9:21 & 22 are pointed about how
our life on the world ends:
21 I am
blameless, but I don’t know myself.
I hate my life.
22 Well, then this is what I say: it’s all the same.
In the end, He kills off both the innocent and the depraved.
It’s awful to think about, but we all end
up in the ground as worm food. The key is salvation after death. Life after
death is one of those concepts that we must take by pure faith, because the
only evidence I have is from when my grandmother died. My mom was at her
bedside and just before she died she called the names of her family members
that had died. It wasn’t a calling for, but more of a greeting. Now my father
explained it as missing them, since they never came to visit she missed them
and called for them before leaving. I on the other hand believe they were
welcoming her to “the other side” of our existence.
I think Job is evidence we often time do
get more than we can handle. If anyone has sat bedside and cared for a loved
one who is suffering, often times it is more than they can handle. The pain and
agony that drugs do not seem to quell can be awful. We see active youths
confined to wheel chairs in seconds, never to walk again. Through this all we
beg and plea for healing from God and most times to no avail nothing happens.
We see suffering and misery only to ask why
and rest on the miss guided assumption that God will not give us more than we
can handle. I believe this is one fallacy that needs to be ended, because it’s
a cliché that only gets people mad at God. I often wonder if the temptation
thing is misguided also, since I know many Godly people who have been tempted
into some sin that has destroyed their lives.
So the question is does God heap more
pressure on us or does he allow life to happen. Since these bodies are not
perfect we cannot expect pain not to happen. Since we tend to drift we cannot
assume that God is tempting us when our sins results in further drifting. Also,
this world is in change we cannot assume that our little piece will not have a
catastrophic event happen. This is only where faith in God will help us through
not make it easier. (I hope that made sense)