Job 23:1-2
(Job Replies: Where Is God?)
Then Job answered and said:
“Today also my complaint is bitter;
my hand is heavy on account of my groaning.
Tag: Pain Is a Place To Start
Job is a hurting man. In the above verse he makes a plain statement: “My hand is heaven on account of my groaning.” I was recently sick. It was absolutely nothing, in any way, shape, or form, compared to Job’s plight. The flu does not compare to Job’s plight. But, my pain was bad and I did not think correctly. I have lost my job and family due to conflict and selfishness. I was in so much pain, emotionally, that I almost took my life. My pain was bad and I was not thinking correctly. In these two chapters of Job, he is not thinking correctly. But, he has to start somewhere. These chapters show a turning point for Job as he begins to question God’s integrity. He has been warming up that thought for several chapters, but here, he is not thinking correctly. He wants to know where God is when he sees multiple examples of injustice in the world around him. He is not afraid, in his pain, to come to God with his true feelings. We can understand ... especially if we, too, have experienced pain. Pain is a weird place to talk to God. But, it is a place to talk to Him. It is a place to start. God will soon reply to Job. He will never answer Job’s questions. He will so show Job where He is (powerfully in control). But, Job begins to talk to God in his pain. It is a place for him to start.
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