JUNE 26, 2013
Her
Worst Day Ever
Read: Job
7:11-21
I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the
bitterness of
my soul. —Job
7:11
In
May 2011, a young woman took cover in a bathtub during a tornado that
devastated her city of Joplin, Missouri. Her husband covered her body with his
and took the blows from flying debris. He died, and she survived because of his
heroism. She naturally wrestles with the question, “Why?” But a year after the
tornado, she said that she finds comfort because even on her worst day ever,
she was loved.
When
I think about “worst days ever,” I think of Job right away. A man who loved
God, he lost his animals, his servants, and his 10 children in one day! (Job
1:13-19).
Job mourned deeply, and he also asked the “Why?” questions. He cried
out, “Have
I sinned? What have I done to You . . . ? Why have
You set me as Your target?”
(7:20). Job’s friends accused him of sinning and
thought he deserved his difficulties,
but God said of his friends: “You have
not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant
Job has” (42:7). God did not give
him the reasons for his suffering, but He listened to
Job and did not fault him
for his questions. God assured him of His control over everything,
and Job
trusted Him (42:1-6).
The
Lord may not give us the reasons for our trials. But, thankfully, even on our
worst day ever, we can know for sure we are loved by Him (Rom. 8:35-39).
We’re grateful, Father, that You know our hearts
with our pain and joy. Thank You that You never
leave us nor forsake us, as Your Word tells us.
Please hold us close during our trials.
God’s love does not keep us from trials, but sees us through
them.
Source:
Our Daily Bread 2012
