Our text for today is Job 40:8.
“Would you discredit my justice? Would you condemn me to justify yourself?”
Life hurts. We lose a loved one. Our sickness drags on and on, even though we pray. In those times, we question God. We don’t mean to do it—we just want answers. Why the loss? Why the silence? Why the sorrow? And before we know it, our pain turns into a courtroom, and we’ve placed God on the stand.
That’s where Job found himself. Broken. Bruised. Baffled. And then comes the voice from the whirlwind, tender yet firm: “Would you condemn me to justify yourself?”
God wasn’t scolding Job for grieving. He was inviting him to trust. Not to explain the suffering, but to reframe it. To remember that heaven’s justice doesn’t sit under human judgment.
We don’t see the whole story. We catch glimpses—a doctor’s report, a lost job, an unanswered prayer. But God? He sees the beginning, the middle, and the end. His justice isn’t crooked. It’s just too wide for our eyes.
Job never got all the answers, but he found something better: the presence of God in the storm. And maybe that’s what we need, too. We need to remember the church song, “I don’t know about tomorrow, but I know who holds tomorrow.” When we really believe, that is enough.
I’m Lonnie Davis, and these are thoughts worth thinking.