Do we seek God even when He seems unavailable to us? Do we trust His majestic power? Let’s look at Job 23.
Did Job desire to present his case before God in heaven directly?
Then Job answered and said, Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning. Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat! I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments. I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me. Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me. There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge. (Job 23:1-7 KJV)
Does Job say that he is looking for God, but can’t find Him?
Behold, I go forward but He is not there, And backward, but I cannot discern Him; When He acts on the left, I cannot behold Him; He turns on the right, I cannot see Him. But He knows the way I take; When He has tested me, I shall come forth as gold. My foot has held fast to His path; I have kept His way and not turned aside. I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my portion of food. (Job 23:8-12 LSB)
Does Job realize that it is not God that needs to change?
But He is unique, and who can make Him turn? Whatever His soul desires, He does it. For He carries out what is destined for me, And many such destinies are with Him. Therefore, I would be terrified at His presence; When I consider this, I am frightened of Him. It is God who has made my heart faint, And the Almighty who has terrified me, But I am not destroyed by darkness, Nor by deep gloom which covers me. (Job 23:13-17 NASB)
Like Job, can we be bold and approach God’s throne of grace with confidence?
For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin. Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need. (Heb 4:15-16 NIV)
Do we seek God even when He seems unavailable to us? Do we trust His majestic power? You decide!
