Job 30:20 “”I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer me; I stand up, and You turn Your attention against me.”
BEEN THERE – DONE THAT
Have you ever felt ignored by God? Come on, be honest. Hasn’t it happened at least once in your life? You are going through a difficult, heart wrenching time, and God seems to be nowhere. You cry out to Him and hear nothing. His Word doesn’t console you. Worship just angers you. Nothing is speaking to you.
Join the crowd. This has been going on for centuries. You can look all through Scripture and find references to people who felt abandoned by God. Job is feeling that in this passage. He felt God had turned His back on Him. He didn’t know why. All hope seemed to be gone.
TEACHING MOMENT
I guarantee you that your children are going to get down in the dumps like Job at some point. They are going to feel all alone. Don’t let them stay there. Just as Job discovered just a little bit later, God hasn’t moved. He is still present. He is still watching. Our children need that assurance that He is there.
Don’t shame your children out of the doldrums, though. Let them seek God in the midst of their pain. You can’t seek God for them. They have to do that for themselves. But you can share your own struggles with them so they will know they are not “less spiritual” that others. Be there when they need you, but let them hear God.
How about you? Are you in one of those times yourself? Are you feeling like Job? Have you been crying out to seemingly deaf ears? Do NOT stop crying out! God is there! He is taking you to a point where He wants you – the perfect point. Because EVERYTHING God does is perfect. He is making you more like Him with every blow of the chisel. He is knocking off imperfections. He is making you something in which others can see Him.
A Moment In Time 