Post by Betty on Jun 26, 2005 5:14:43 GMT -5
Title: Hemmed In
Author: Woodrow Kroll
Tony Beckett
Job 3-4, Acts 7:44-60
Key Verse: Job 3:23
Among the words a child learns first are no and
why--two words that indicate a predisposition to
do one's own will and not the will of another.
Children learn to say "no" very early. The
one-word question comes a little later. The child
looks at the parent and asks, "Why?" In essence
he is saying, "What you ask does not fit my
plans."
Sometimes we ask God the same question, looking
toward heaven and saying in our hearts, if not
with our lips as well, "Why?" Job did the same
thing, although with more than one word. His why
questions are spelled out in detail, and in
chapter 3 he came as close as he ever would to
cursing God. Instead, he asked a series of
rhetorical questions.
"Why is life given to a man whose way is hidden,
whom God has hedged in?" he asked. (v. 23).
Tough question! He felt hemmed in, but no longer
by God's protection. Instead, he felt hemmed in
by trouble. The way was hidden to him, made no
sense to him, and no way out was apparent to him.
So he asked, "Why?"
Job never would get his question answered.
Instead, God demonstrated His glory to Job and he
was so affected by it that he repented,
regretting that he asked why in the first place
(42:6).
At times we all feel hemmed in and wonder why. In
those times we must trust that God is sovereign,
faithfully in control.
Trust can be difficult, especially when things
don't make sense. But they make sense to God. Ask
Him to help you trust even when you want to ask
why.
_____________________________________________
Author: Woodrow Kroll
Tony Beckett
Job 3-4, Acts 7:44-60
Key Verse: Job 3:23
Among the words a child learns first are no and
why--two words that indicate a predisposition to
do one's own will and not the will of another.
Children learn to say "no" very early. The
one-word question comes a little later. The child
looks at the parent and asks, "Why?" In essence
he is saying, "What you ask does not fit my
plans."
Sometimes we ask God the same question, looking
toward heaven and saying in our hearts, if not
with our lips as well, "Why?" Job did the same
thing, although with more than one word. His why
questions are spelled out in detail, and in
chapter 3 he came as close as he ever would to
cursing God. Instead, he asked a series of
rhetorical questions.
"Why is life given to a man whose way is hidden,
whom God has hedged in?" he asked. (v. 23).
Tough question! He felt hemmed in, but no longer
by God's protection. Instead, he felt hemmed in
by trouble. The way was hidden to him, made no
sense to him, and no way out was apparent to him.
So he asked, "Why?"
Job never would get his question answered.
Instead, God demonstrated His glory to Job and he
was so affected by it that he repented,
regretting that he asked why in the first place
(42:6).
At times we all feel hemmed in and wonder why. In
those times we must trust that God is sovereign,
faithfully in control.
Trust can be difficult, especially when things
don't make sense. But they make sense to God. Ask
Him to help you trust even when you want to ask
why.
_____________________________________________
