“And the Lord said to Job:
‘Shall a faultfinder contend with the Almighty?
He who argues with God, let him answer it.’
– Job 40:1-2
Job teaches us a hard truth for our modern minds to swallow. We often want to argue with God, criticize Him, or bargain with Him. It’s natural to question Him when things are going wrong and we can’t understand the purpose in our suffering.
However, God’s response isn’t to explain Himself, but to reveal how much beyond us He is in knowledge, wisdom, and power. He is all-knowing, all-good, all-wise, all-powerful, sees across time, and ultimately works all things together for the good of those who love Him. Even His understanding of good transcends ours for we are naturally short-sighted while He sees through eternity.
The point being that the conversations and arguments we wish to have with Him are beyond our ability to comprehend. The point being that He is our Creator and the sovereign ruler of the universe and owes us no explanations.
When we can embrace this and simply trust in His goodness, kindness, mercy, faithfulness, love, and wisdom, it is powerful and profound. Until we can, we will struggle as Job struggled in his trials until he found peace in the person of God rather than his idea of God.