Will you Trust God with your Unanswered Questions?

Hello all! I know it's been a while since I've blogged, but I'm back and ready to continue giving you a little dose of my daily devotion:) After finishing the book of Job, I knew that this would be a great chapter to blog about. This chapter involves so many lessons that we can all learn from, but what stood out to me the most, was the lesson of learning to be calm during the storm. For me this has been something that I am still having to learn to do, because I like to be in control of every situation to try and prevent those "storms". I like to know what's going to happen, so I can know how to deal with it way in advance. I feel that this prevents me from being caught off guard. However everyday God continues to show me who is REALLY in control. Even when we think we have it all under control, God can easily throw a wrench in a situation to show you who's boss, and how you respond when that happens shows God exactly how much you trust him. Take for example Job. He had it all..a wealthy man of upright character who was surrounded by loving family and friends. For Job 1:3 (NIV) states, "He was the greatest man among all the people of the East." Imagine having all that success and then boom...you loose it all. That's exactly what happened to Job. During series of events he lost his wife, children, and all his livestock. Shortly after reading what happened, I kept thinking I wonder what Job was thinking. I thought back to times that I went through the "storm" and remembered the thoughts that ran through my mind. I had so many questions, trying to figure out why this was happening. This was the same for Job, he kept asking questions, and trying to come up with a reason for why God was allowing this "storm" to come through his life. All throughout Job he questioned God, and when he didn't receive any answers, his friends stepped in and tried to provide him with some reasoning behind his current situation. However they were wrong too, which is so often the same thing that happens in our lives. When we don't receive immediate answers about our "storms" we begin asking friends for those answers. Instead what we should be doing is using those "storms" as a time to build our faith in the Lord. We must learn how to remain calm during the storm, and trust that even when we don't get the answers to those questions, God is still working on our behalf. I love the way that Job admits his wrongs in the end. Job 42:1-3 reads, "Then Job replied to the Lord: I know that you can do all things; no purpose of yours can be thwarted. You asked, ‘Who is this that obscures my plans without knowledge?" Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know." THINGS TOO WONDERFUL FOR ME TO KNOW...my favorite part of that scripture. It's a reminder that although we may go through storms, if we just hold on we will soon see the rainbow! 

***Romans 8:28 (NLT), ^"And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose."***

I pray you all have a blessed week! I leave you with one of my favorite songs right now, "HOLD ON" by James Fortune.