God does great things, but...

He does great things past finding out, Yes, wonders without number. – Job 9.10

All through the book of Job we read little reminders of Job’s faith. He knows that, even when he can’t see it, God has not changed. All around this verse Job talks all of the great and mighty works that God did in creation and does in His sustaining power.

But sometimes things seem so bad that we can’t see it. We are so focused on our problems that those problems are all we can see. I have been saved since 1974. You might think someone saved that long would have this thing sorted. You would think that we would have seen God work so often and so much that we would never wonder where God was.

That’s part of the reason Job’s friends were critical. After all he had done for God and others he ought to be able to trust God through this trial (which, by the way, Job probably caused by his own sin).

All of that is true – but we still live in the flesh. We still have times of doubt and discouragement and disappointment and even despair.

Mary and I are reading Spurgeon’s ‘Chequebook on the Bank of Faith’ during our devotions. It is interesting to see the ‘Prince of Preachers’ struggle with these same issues – but always claim the promises of God’s word when it happens.

As we read through Job we see the same thing. It is not unusual for us to go through spells like this when we think ‘God does great things, but what about me?’

The key is what we do during these times. Do we wallow in our despair or do we cling to the promises of God?