Human Response 623: Maintain Trust in Bad Times

Job 1:20-22 Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped, 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. In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.

God is good, all the time, no matter what. Job had lost his wealth and his family, and in the next chapter would lose his health. He did not at this time ask, “Why?” He did not get mad at God or disbelieve in despair. He resigned himself to God’s will, even though he could not understand it. He maintained his trust in the Lord and worshipped Him and blessed His name.

It takes a God-given faith to experience tragedy and loss and affirm that God is still good even if I am not. We do not see what God is doing during the worst of times, and He won’t tell us why. But we still believe that God is God and that God is good, all the time, no matter what it feels like. We can still worship Him and bless His name, all the time, whether things in this world are going well or not.

It takes faith to know that God knows what He is doing, and that what He is doing is always good, right, wise, just, loving, and kind. And He gave that faith when He gave us the Holy Spirit to believe that God sent His Son for us. This Gospel grants us the power to know His love and to trust Him always and to give thanks in all the circumstances of life on earth. Blessed be the Lord!