Fri.’s Devo - God is Sovereign

Read Job 7:1-21 Yesterday Job gave his request for God to take his life. Today he is musing about life. Everyone spends their life thinking of themselves. The slave desires the day to be over so he can go home and rest. The hired man desires his pay, and Job desires it all to be over because his life is miserable - day and night. He sees no hope ahead for himself. Man’s life is like a cloud that vanishes away and no one remembers him. Job feels God’s oppression. When he sleeps, God scares him with nightmares. Job hates his life and is begging to die. He feels like God’s heavy hand is on him and won’t let up. He thinks that God is against him and will not forgive his sins. We know the truth. God has set a mark upon him. God singled him out - but not because of his sin - because of his righteousness. He is on display for all heaven and hell to watch. What he does and what he says is important. Little does he know all this, but God has chosen him - not rejected him. I wonder how many times we feel, like Job, that God is visiting and blessing everyone but us, when in truth, we might be being set on high as an example. We’ll never know on this side, but we will in eternity. So, let’s use Job as our reminder that God does everything for a purpose and maybe it is not ours to know. One thing is for certain: God never leaves us or forsakes us, He is working all things for our good, and God loves us with pure love. Lord, help us not to question your working in our lives, but help us to trust your faithfulness and your love.