Day 25 - Why??

Daily Reading:  Job 32-34

In this reading, Elihu claimed to have the answer for Job's biggest question, "Why doesn't God tell me what is happening?"
Footnote:

Elihu told Job that God was trying to answer him, but he was not listening. Elihu misjudged God on this point. If God were to answer all our questions, we would not be adequately tested. What if God had said, "Job, Satan's going to test you and afflict you, but in the end you'll be healed and get everything back"? Job's greatest test was not the pain, but that he did not know why he was suffering.

Our greatest test may be that we must trust God's goodness even though we don't understand why our lives are going a certain way. We must learn to trust in God who is good and not in the goodness of life.

What if God did tell us everything that was going to happen? Sometimes it might make things a lot easier, knowing the end result, but in many other situations, it would make us live in constant fear and anxiety if we knew some of the things that were just right around the corner. What do you think?

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All footnotes taken from the Life Application Study Bible, NIV.