Job, in all his suffering, never denied God. Yet, something was missing. It wasn’t enough just to persevere in our believe in God.
In his book on prayer, Tim Keller says,
Throughout most of the great Old Testament book that bears his name, Job cries out to God in agonized prayer. For all his complaints, Job never walks away from God or denies his existence – he processes all his pain and suffering through prayer. Yet he cannot except the life God is calling him to live. Then the skies cloud over and God speaks to Job “out of the whirlwind” (Job 38:1). The Lord recounts in vivid detail his creation and sustenance of the universe and of the natural world. Job is astonished and humbled by this deeper vision of God (Job 40:3–5) and has a breakthrough. He finally prays a mighty prayer of repentance and adoration (Job 42:1–6).
Through prayer we not only accept God’s will for us, but to acknowledge His place as God in our lives.
January 13th, 2015 at 10:37 pm
I forget sometimes that we don’t always need to be asking God for something when we pray. Sometimes it’s okay to just let God know that we are thankful for his provision and grace. And acknowledge his sovereign will.
January 14th, 2015 at 6:09 pm
And to be thankful for what he is already doing even before we ask.