"Where were You?"
reading parts of the book of Job last week while doing my precept hw, and reading "Where is God when it Hurts?" by Philip Yancey...i can't help but recall a conversation i had with a then friend on the bus home. my schoolmate had sent me a song composed by someone from his cell group, and i thought it was a good one. i remember letting that friend listen to it from my mp3 player, but to my surprise, not only did he disagree it was nice, he laughed at the lyrics, and said it didn't make sense. he commented that the person was asking God where He was when he most needed Him, but instead of answering the person's question, God asked him a series of questions. well, at that point, i was actually speechless. well, today i would very much want to tell that friend that he was wrong and he shouldn't have been so quick to judge...cos i know to say this would be really bad, but i really think...it just displays to clearly his quick-to-judge attitude despite ignorance. oh well. anyway, in the book of Job, Job had questioned God on his sufferings. however, God swept Job with a series of questions - not answers. God took Job on a verbal tour of all the wonders of nature and after each description, he either stated or implied, "Job, are you powerful enough to do all these?" God's words hit Job with a devastating power which prompted a repentant surrender...
well, that's what the song my friend sent to me was all about...and after understanding the book of Job a little more, i not only think the tune and lyrics are nice. "nice" isn't sufficient. it's a beautiful song, penned by someone who shows knowledge and understanding of God's word :)
"a God wise enough to rule the universe is wise enough to watch over His child Job, regardless of how things seem in the bleakest moments. a God wise enough to create me and the world i live in is wise enough to watch out for me." Philip Yancey in Where is God when it Hurts?
well, that's what the song my friend sent to me was all about...and after understanding the book of Job a little more, i not only think the tune and lyrics are nice. "nice" isn't sufficient. it's a beautiful song, penned by someone who shows knowledge and understanding of God's word :)
"a God wise enough to rule the universe is wise enough to watch over His child Job, regardless of how things seem in the bleakest moments. a God wise enough to create me and the world i live in is wise enough to watch out for me." Philip Yancey in Where is God when it Hurts?
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Yup I agree... (:
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