Job 10-12

“To God belong wisdom and power” (10:13). Job and his devout friends agreed on the existence of a wise and powerful Creator (11:7-9), but they disagreed about how life worked. Job’s friends firmly believed that trouble was always a result of sin, and wealth and well-being were the products of righteousness (11:13-20). Job protested this view, arguing that he had become a miserable laughingstock although “righteous and blameless” (12:4), and he had no idea why God was tormenting him.

“You gave me life and showed me kindness ...” (10:12). Just as we trust God in good times, we cling to him – like Job – through suffering and unanswered questions. We may not understand it all, but He does.