Mon.’s Devo - Job’s Complaint about the Wicked

Read Job 24 Job wants to know, if God can see everything, why doesn’t he punish the wicked? And, why does he allow such violence on the earth? The wicked do evil things during the night then in the light fear they will be recognized. They should have to pay for their evil deeds and not prosper. They should die and be forgotten. But according to what Job has observed, the wicked seem to be protected by God and made secure. They seem to get away with their sins till the end when they are finally humbled and die. I know that I have felt the same way Job feels. It does seem that the evil seem to breeze through enjoying their toys while the rest of us struggle. But then I hear the inside story to some of these fairy-tale lives and realize that they live in torment and disfunction and have no real peace or joy. Even if they do enjoy their lives, which is rare, they will spend eternity regretting those few short breaths of what we call a long life. We can’t understand eternity because we live in this bubble called time. But, God lives outside the bubble in a place called eternity which has no boundaries of time. We’ll understand that when we get there. One thing we know is sure….. judgment. We will all be judged and rewarded for our good deeds. I have a feeling these “good deeds” might be different than what we think as good deeds. I think they are going to be the small acts of kindness that we do to “the least of these” as Jesus put it. I wonder if all those hours we spend trying to do something for the Lord is not going to amount to wood, hay and stubble, and the small insignificant things don’t get us a jewel in our crown. Lord, give us your heart toward the poor, the fatherless and the widow.