Though He slay me


“Though He slay me, I will hope in Him. Nevertheless I will argue my ways before Him.” Job 13:15 NASB
                Job has lost everything, his livelihood, his finances, his children, his wife, and even his health things are so far gone that when his friends first see him, they can do nothing but weep for days with him. In the midst of this Job is able to speak one of the greatest phrases of faith in the whole bible, “Though He slay me still I will hope in Him.” Even if god delights to crush His servant, that servant will continue to trust in God. Unfortunately, Job continues as we so often do to demand his rights, and particularly his right to an explanation.
                We need to know, or so we think when God sends us into a difficult situation, or asks us to do something hard. We like Job think we have a case to make with God, that we have a right to expect full details. We undo all our great statements of faith in a moment and betray our lack of understanding. Job at the end has a chance to make his case, but finds he cannot. Moreover, Job finds that he has no need of an explanation of the circumstances. No, what Job needs, and what He gets, is exactly what we truly need when doubt, and fear cause us to demand sight; a reminder of who it is we have believed in. We need a restoration of faith through a renewal and expansion of our knowledge of God.
                And this we have because there was a new and better Job who came to suffer in our stead and who in a garden late at night spoke the faithfulness of Job 13:15A without the insistent prideful demand of 13:15B when He said, “Not my will, but Yours be done…”
Prayer
Father, what reason have we to doubt You? And what right do we possess to demand of you an explanation? We thank You Lord that You receive our questions, and empathize with our weakness. Oh, lord let us not move beyond questioning, let us not demand that which we have no right to expect; but let us have faith. Lord we ask that You continue to strengthen us in the faith, by growing us in the knowledge of who You are as revealed in Your holy word. May we have wisdom and discernment to hear your voice clearly, and to follow it faithfully.  Thank You for the sacrifice of Your suffering Servant, our Lord Jesus the Christ in whose name we pray these things for the sake of Your glory. Amen.
Song
Though He Slay Me, by Shane and Shane

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