March 2, 2025
Adrian Rogers
Scripture Passage: Job 1:6
As we go through life, there are many things that will not make sense to us. We will experience brokenness and confusion, and it will feel like heaven is absolutely silent.
In the Book of Job, God allowed the devil to bring hardship on Job because the devil didn’t think Job could love God just for who He is. (Read Job 1:6-12.)
This story—split up into three acts—shows us how to stand, even when we don’t understand.
Act one is an unexpected tragedy.
Having done nothing to deserve it, Job has his life cave in on him. He loses his family and fortune, his good health, his reputation, and his friends—and he has no way to understand why.
But during this overwhelming devastation, Job continued to praise God. Job 1:21 says, “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return there. The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.”
Through this example, we learn that in times of unexpected tragedy, we can praise God by faith. We don’t have to understand or feel like praising, but in all things and all seasons, we are to worship Him.
Act two is an unexplained mystery.
After losing everything, Job’s soul enters a dark night. He begs God for answers, to understand why. Job 13:15 says, “Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him.” Sometimes, it is God’s plan that we don’t understand. When we trust Him anyway, our faith is strengthened.
Adrian Rogers says, “We do not live by explanations, we live by promises.”
Act three is an unexcelled victory.
Job gets an answer from God, but it is not an answer to any of his proposed questions. Instead, God reminds him of His sovereignty and sufficiency.
Adrian Rogers says, “God never gave Job an answer; He just gave Job Himself.”
In his suffering, Job learned that God was not only necessary but that He also was enough to get him through his trial. Remembering this is how we are able to stand.
Are you suffering, and you don’t understand why? Remember that God is with you—He is sovereign and sufficient. Pray today, not that you would get the answers you think you want, but that you would recognize God Himself is enough to stand in this.
