If God Is Good, Then Why Am I In This Mess?-How Job Survived The Worst

“There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. And that man was pure and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil.” (Job 1:1, NET)

Job was

1. Righteous-

2. Reverent-

3. Repentant-

How can we survive the worst?

I.Don’t fear the worst.

“Even if He kills me, I will hope in Him. I will still defend my ways before Him.” (Job 13:15 , HCSB)

II.Accept suffering as a part of life.

“You speak as a foolish woman speaks," he told her. "Should we accept only good from God and not adversity?" Throughout all this Job did not sin in what he said”. (Job 2:10, HCSB)

Evil and suffering presuppose God.

1. If you assume good and evil,

2. Then you assume moral law.

3. If you assume a moral law, you assume a moral lawgiver.

III.Refuse to play the “blame game.”

“…Throughout all this Job did not sin in what he said.” (Job 2:10b, HCSB)

“No, I have let my mouth sin neither by cursing my enemy nor by praying that he might die.” (Job 31:30, AMP)

IV.Understand Satan is real, but on a leash.

“So the LORD said to Satan, "All right, he is in your power, but you are not to kill him." (Job 2:7, GNB)

“I know that you can do all things, And that no purpose of yours can be restrained.” (Job 42:2, UPDV)

1. Job had an assurance.

2. Job saw a purposeful goodness.

“But I tell you, in this you are not right, for God is greater than man. Why do you complain to him that he answers none of man's words? For God does peak-now one way, now another- though man may not perceive it.” (Job 33:12-14, NIV)

V.Trust in a God who ultimately will do right.

“Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?” (Genesis 18:25b, NKJV)