FINAL PROTEST
Today's reading: Job 31-32

Job 31 is captioned, Job's Final Protest of Innocence, in my study Bible.

It's his last cry.

It's his ending prayer.

It's the chapter in the account of Job where I see more of myself than in any other chapter.

For most, Job is seen as upright. As patient. As longsuffering. Enduring. Steadfast. Faith-filled.

But in chapter 31, Job asks the questions I have asked, am asking, would ask...

What have I done to deserve this?

Where have I gone wrong in serving you, Lord?

Who have I wronged?

What puppy have I kicked?

Have I stolen a child's lollipop?

Why me?

He spends time reviewing his life. His choices. His walk with the Lord.

I honestly believe Job was repentant, if he had had anything to be repentant for.

He was looking for reasons for God's hand to rest so sorely upon his life--and came up with nothing.

It happens like that sometimes. There is no reason. There is no explanation. There is no understanding.

What we experience. What we endure. What we live through. What we are assigned in life.

Sometimes there is no explanation.

It all rests solidly, firmly, safely and securely in God's wise, broad, loving, caring hands.

Maybe, just maybe, when we get to heaven we will ask Him, 'Why?' and receive an answer. 

Maybe when we get to heaven, though, we won't think another thing about it.