Worst of All Bad Days - But Why?

Have you ever had one of those days you wished you hadn’t gotten out of bed? Job had one of those days. In fact, in one day, Job was stripped of his future both financially and literally. One after another, four of his hired hands reported that 500 yoke of oxen, 500 donkeys, and 3,000 camels were stolen in enemy raids; 7,000 sheep were struck by lightning and killed; and all ten of his children were killed in a tornado. If the same thing happened to you, what do you think you would do? Job fell to the ground and ripped his clothes off.

Job knew what had happened – he’d just lost everything he held dear to him, but he did not know why it had happened, and isn’t that what it’s all about. So many times there are events and happenings in our lives for which we have no explanation. How would these events make you feel about God? God gives us a picture into Job’s life as to "WHY" of his tragedies in the first chapter of Job. Unfortunately, we don’t have that same window into heaven when unfair things happen in our lives.

One important truth that emerges from the account of Job’s life, is that God is sovereign in all things. "The Almighty" is one of the key names for God in Job; it’s used thirty-one times. The whole book of Job reminds us that, no matter what happens in this world and in our lives, God is on the throne and has everything under control. We may not know until we get to heaven why God allowed certain things to happen. Until then, we walk by faith and say with Job, "May the name of the Lord be praised" (Job 1:21) because, "I know that my Redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand upon the earth" (Job 19:25).