God’s Challenge; Our Prayer

"Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding.
(Job 38:4 NKJV)

IN This mighty chapter, God seems to draw near to the perplexed and stricken soul, who sits brooding over the problems of human life, and points out that mysteries equally insoluble are above our head and under our feet; that we live and move among them.

People fret and despair over a mystery forced on them by sorrow and loss. We cannot interpret it, and we are shaken to the heart; but the whole universe teems with mystery.

We cannot explain the creation of the world, the separation of sky and earth or the reflex influences of the one on the other. Light and darkness, wind and rain, snow and ice, storm and sunshine; the instincts of the animal creation these defy our absolute understanding.

But who frets at the unfathomable mystery which covers these natural phenomena! We use all of them, and make them serve our purpose.

How can we be surprised then, if we discover similar mysteries in God's dealings with us in this life. He does not answer our questions by always telling us His secret reasoning’s. His thoughts and ways are so much higher than ours, as the heavens are higher than the earth, and we could not any more understand His reasons than tiny children can understand the mysteries of human life.

But behind all this mystery our Father's heart is beating and our Father's voice is pleading, that we should trust Him. Little children, you cannot understand, but you are infinitely dear to Me; I have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now; "what I do, you know not now, but you will know them hereafter.'" Trust me, and "let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid."

PRAYER:

O God our Father, there are so many mysteries in the world, and in human life, and our eyes grow tired with straining into the darkness. Help us to believe in Your unchanging love, and to trust where we cannot see or understand. In Jesus’ name AMEN.