Scripture

“If only I knew where to find God, I would go to His court.”

Observation

Job is sure that if he could just find God and seek an audience everything would be all right. God is fair and will give him a hearing.

The problem is that God seems to be hidden and Job doesn't know where to find Him. This unseen God controls his destiny. Now fear envelopes Job and he concludes, “Darkness is all around me; thick impenetrable darkness is everywhere.”

Application

Where is God when it hurts? It is often easy to believe in God when all is going well. It is much harder to trust when life seems to be falling apart.

Worse still, at these times it can be hard to even see God in the thick darkness of fear.

Like Job, we just have to hang in there, knowing that somehow God will bring us through the time of testing.

Prayer

Father I think you that despite our blindness you are always here with us. Help me Lord to trust you even when you seem so far away.