James 1:2
Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy.
I don't have the crisis encountered by Job. Neither do I have his faith, so maybe that’s why I only have little crisis which annoy me to death. During such times, I do like to ask a lot of "whys", especially to God. Recently I've learnt that there is nothing wrong with asking why as long as you don't get the idea that God somehow owes you an answer. Even Jesus, hanging on the cross, said, "My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?" (Matthew 27:46).
God never answered Job’s questions of why. Instead, He just revealed more of himself to Job. More than an explanation, what we really need is an encounter with God—a revelation of God. Because even when we see a picture of Jesus sleeping in the boat while his disciples are terrified by the storm, we need the revelation that God is with us, even though he seems asleep and not caring for our problems. That’s faith in accepting that God cares for us even though we think we’re goner perish in the storm of our lives.
