DO YOU?
Today's reading: Job 39-40

"Then the Lord said to Job, Do you still want to argue with the Almighty? You are God's critic, but do you have the answers?" Job 40:1 NLT

I'll go ahead and say it for all of us, Lord--Ouch!

You could be asking me the exact same question. You could be pointing Your finger directly at me. You could have me in the witness stand facing this barrage.

I question You.

Goodness, it looks worse in print that it sounded in my head but I do, I question You.

The Maker of the universe? The Creator? The I Am? The Alpha and Omega?

Who am I to be doubting Your timing? Who am I to be hurrying You along? Who am I to be questioning all that You do for me?

Do I want to argue with You? My first reaction would be to yell a hearty, No! But when I think about it. When I swallow the yucky tasting pill you've given me this morning. When I look over the notes of past prayers, petitions and complaints. When I think about it more clearly, that's just what I do--argue with You.

Do I want to? No. But as we both know, that's not the only part of me that I cannot control, now is it? I'm in the same boat as Paul who said, What I want to do, I don't and what I don't want to do, I find myself doing.

But arguing with You?

I'm sorry, Lord. Very sorry.