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Whatever God does is right. It is not going to change my faith.
“Though He slay me, I will trust Him.” Boy, it is a marvelous thing for
him to say that at this point in the book. He said, yet I am going to argue
with Him. I want to know some answers. Why has God allowed this in my
life? You see, that is not a bad question to ask. Over and over again, people
say do not ask why. I will tell you to ask why! God gives you the answer
why in Job.
It is always the same answer, but you better ask why. It is because He wants
you to know Him as El Shaddai, the God who is more than enough. That’s
why God brings you low. That’s why God wipes out your finances and
destroys your job and removes all your false foundations. He pulls out the
rug and brings you to your wit’s end, confuses you to pieces, allows the
children to go haywire. God allows all those things. Touches your body.
Strikes you down. Breaks your leg. In order that you might see Him, and
know Him as the God who is more than enough, El Shaddai. And so Job
answers Zophar. Verses 20-22 of Chapter 13:
“Only two things do not do to me, then I will not hide from Your face:
Remove Your hand from me, and let not the dread of You terrify me. Then
call, and I will answer; Or let me speak, then reply to me.”
He said I only want two things, God. Give me a little relief from this
suffering, and then come down and let’s talk. Now, you know that great
Messianic verse in chapter 9 where he says “There is not an umpire
between us that would lay his hand upon us both?” I am sure that can
apply to Christ, but in the context he is not talking about Jesus. What Job is
saying is that he is frustrated. He said if God were a man or if I were God
we could talk. I love Him; I trust Him; I am going to cling to Him. I have
given my family to Him. I will never change. I will trust Him though He
slay me, but I want to talk to Him. I want to know why. If there is sin in my
heart I will confess it. He is just being honest; he is trying to bare his heart.
Way down deep he is crying out for a new birth and a Savior, which, at the
end of the book, he finally gets. So the cry of his heart – you read verses 23-
28 – these are the questions that still bother him.
“How many are my iniquities and sins? Make known to me my rebellion
and my sin. Why do You hide Your face and consider me Your enemy?
Will You cause a driven leaf to tremble? or will You pursue the dry
chaff?”

He said, “I am wiped out, Lord. I am low; I have surrendered. What more
do You want? Are You going to drive me? I am already driven. Are You
going to knock me down? I am laying on my face. I cannot get any lower.
Please meet with me, talk to me, tell me what is wrong. Why am I going

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