![]() ![]() ![]() In the following verse, Job adds, “Indeed, this will turn out for my deliverance, / for no godless person would dare come before him!” (Job 13:16). Job may not understand what is happening to him and why, but he knows that God is good, loving, and trustworthy. Nothing can shake the faith of someone so grounded in the goodness and glory of God. The faith of Job is seen in the fact that even if God’s plan results in Job’s death, Job will continue to trust in God. The Lord alone holds the “ keys of death” (Revelation 1:18). Even in the midst of his pain, Job knows that “the LORD brings death and makes alive / he brings down to the grave and raises up” (1 Samuel 2:6). It is God who has the right and the power to “slay” Job. Of note here is the fact that Job realizes that, ultimately, the suffering he endures is allowed by God. But, as Job says, even if God did “slay” him, Job would still trust in Him. His wife offered no support and was in fact telling him to give up (Job 2:9). He had lost all of his children, his wealth, and his health. Job made this statement when he was in a terrible time of pain and suffering. In Job 13:15, Job declares, “Though he slay me, yet will I hope in him.” This faith-filled statement has challenged countless believers through the centuries to strive for a similar trust in the Lord in the face of trials. ![]()
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