Finally, Job gets his audience with the LORD. At last he is brought to the judgment seat, as the LORD speaks from the storm (or whirlwind). By asking a series of unanswerable questions, questions to which it is presumed that God alone holds answers, Job is convicted on the charge of doubting God’s justice. He is given a breakthrough experience, hearing the LORD’s unmistakable voice.
In my experience God is often perceived more clearly in the chaotic chapters of one’s life. Maybe it takes a tornado just to get one’s attention. Perhaps, as the saying goes, “You have to be knocked down, before you will look up.”
I am thankful for the sense of God’s presence, entering into the most troubling times of my life. If not for the LORD’s message, “I’ve got this,” I might have despaired. I know that some persons do. They retreat into lifelong bitterness. They become physically ill, or they end their lives.
Because I have felt God nearby in the past, I hope to be sustained in future troubles. Like Job, I have no answer to the question, “Why?” But I am willing to relegate the desire to understand why to my growing collection of life’s mysteries, especially as I treasure the certainty of God-given hope. For me increases of hope trump increases of mysteries. Praise God!
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