Today's Passage: Job 22-23

In these two chapters, we again see that Job's friends are trying to help. Eliphaz is trying to lift him up and give some insight into the situation, but Job is really having none of it. Job comes at him with his opinion. He is tired. He is frustrated. And he is scared. Job knows that he has done his best to follow God and yet he sits in the midst of this tragedy, waiting for something else to occur. I am so encouraged by Job's tenacity. He has questions and he voices them. He does not understand what is happening and he is okay with making that known. However, Job does not let this get the best of him. The last two verses of chapter 23 are so encouraging to me. Job will not be defeated by this darkness that surrounds him.

I have never been in a situation like Job's and I pray that I never have to face anything close to what he faced. I do not want to make light of the situation. But the other day I was just having the worst day of all time. Nothing was going right. Every single tiny thing, itty bitty details went wrong. It was SO frustrating. I just wanted to cry and give up, go home and go to bed! It was just exhausting having to go through an 18 hour period of that. In just one day, I was done. And the stuff that happened wasn't even major. The problem is that I let the tough situation get the best of me. I gave in to the darkness. At the time when I needed to call on the Lord for strength and wisdom, I did not. How much better my day would have been if I would have been more like Job. I hope that this little lesson taught me something big. Because inevitably in life, things will happen. I need to be in the habit of running to God every day, in all circumstances, not just when I have a big issue. I want to be like Job. I will not be silenced by the darkness. No. I will run to God!