1 00:00:02,730 --> 00:00:06,730 Speaker 1: Life Audio. For more resources to help you in your 2 00:00:06,790 --> 00:00:13,480 Speaker 1: walk with Christ, please visit us at BibleStudyHeadquarters.com. You're listening 3 00:00:13,520 --> 00:00:18,419 Speaker 1: to Daily Devotions with Pastor John. I'm John Stonge, and 4 00:00:18,460 --> 00:00:23,400 Speaker 1: today's devotion is inspired by Job chapter 37, verse 5, 5 00:00:23,400 --> 00:00:28,980 Speaker 1: which says, God thunders wondrously with his voice. He does 6 00:00:29,060 --> 00:00:35,510 Speaker 1: great things that we cannot comprehend. How often do you 7 00:00:35,570 --> 00:00:38,589 Speaker 1: try to figure out what God is up to? How 8 00:00:38,650 --> 00:00:41,990 Speaker 1: regularly do you try to discern His plans and objectives? 9 00:00:42,909 --> 00:00:45,470 Speaker 1: Have you ever found yourself scratching your head in wonder 10 00:00:45,909 --> 00:00:49,870 Speaker 1: as you watch God's sovereign will unfold? Have you ever 11 00:00:49,930 --> 00:00:55,010 Speaker 1: wanted to change something He's decided? God's moral will is 12 00:00:55,110 --> 00:00:58,890 Speaker 1: crystal clear from the scriptures. He desires that we trust 13 00:00:59,310 --> 00:01:02,770 Speaker 1: and walk with His Son, Jesus Christ, through whom we're 14 00:01:02,790 --> 00:01:07,360 Speaker 1: made holy and and graced with divine righteousness. We're also 15 00:01:07,440 --> 00:01:10,000 Speaker 1: intrigued by the rest of the details of God's plans 16 00:01:10,319 --> 00:01:13,620 Speaker 1: and how He is at work in our individual circumstances. 17 00:01:14,500 --> 00:01:17,840 Speaker 1: That's fine, but do we question Him about these things, 18 00:01:18,420 --> 00:01:21,240 Speaker 1: or are we willing to trust Him without knowing all 19 00:01:21,280 --> 00:01:26,020 Speaker 1: the details ahead of time? When we encounter an aspect 20 00:01:26,060 --> 00:01:29,840 Speaker 1: of God's plan that we don't immediately understand, there are 21 00:01:29,940 --> 00:01:33,070 Speaker 1: two ways we can react to it. We can question 22 00:01:33,130 --> 00:01:36,149 Speaker 1: Him and doubt the wisdom of what He's decided, or 23 00:01:36,170 --> 00:01:39,080 Speaker 1: we can trust Him and rest in the security of 24 00:01:39,140 --> 00:01:42,880 Speaker 1: knowing that He holds our lives securely in His hands. 25 00:01:44,459 --> 00:01:46,500 Speaker 1: There will come a day when the things we have 26 00:01:46,580 --> 00:01:51,020 Speaker 1: questioned will make perfect sense to us. In the meantime, 27 00:01:51,540 --> 00:01:55,240 Speaker 1: the Lord delights to see His children choosing to trust Him, 28 00:01:55,860 --> 00:02:00,000 Speaker 1: even when we don't immediately understand why He's doing what 29 00:02:00,040 --> 00:02:07,080 Speaker 1: He's doing. Let's pray. Lord, we thank you for your word. 30 00:02:07,560 --> 00:02:09,239 Speaker 1: And we thank you for the privilege that it is 31 00:02:09,260 --> 00:02:11,519 Speaker 1: to be able to read this portion of scripture together 32 00:02:11,600 --> 00:02:14,620 Speaker 1: today from the book of Job. And Lord, as we 33 00:02:14,660 --> 00:02:16,480 Speaker 1: look at this portion of your word, we see that 34 00:02:16,500 --> 00:02:19,860 Speaker 1: we're told that you're doing things that are great. And 35 00:02:19,880 --> 00:02:23,800 Speaker 1: there are also things that we can't fully comprehend. We 36 00:02:23,840 --> 00:02:27,160 Speaker 1: may see them and understand them in part, or we 37 00:02:27,210 --> 00:02:30,329 Speaker 1: may be completely confused about what we're not seeing that 38 00:02:30,389 --> 00:02:34,120 Speaker 1: we were expecting to see. And Lord, even though your 39 00:02:34,300 --> 00:02:37,779 Speaker 1: moral will is crystal clear in your word, there are 40 00:02:37,960 --> 00:02:40,940 Speaker 1: aspects of your sovereign will that you simply ask us 41 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:43,400 Speaker 1: to trust you about because we can't see all the 42 00:02:43,460 --> 00:02:46,260 Speaker 1: details and it's not even your desire to show us 43 00:02:46,360 --> 00:02:49,270 Speaker 1: all the details ahead of time. You want us to 44 00:02:49,310 --> 00:02:51,990 Speaker 1: walk by faith. You want us to trust you in 45 00:02:52,210 --> 00:02:56,030 Speaker 1: all circumstances. And so in the midst of doing that, 46 00:02:56,110 --> 00:02:59,050 Speaker 1: we realize that there will be times when we really 47 00:02:59,090 --> 00:03:03,060 Speaker 1: don't understand what you're up to. So when those moments come, 48 00:03:03,130 --> 00:03:06,100 Speaker 1: we pray, Lord, that we would trust you completely, that 49 00:03:06,139 --> 00:03:08,420 Speaker 1: we would rest in the security of knowing that you 50 00:03:08,480 --> 00:03:13,120 Speaker 1: hold our lives securely in your hands, and that there 51 00:03:13,139 --> 00:03:14,900 Speaker 1: will be a day when all the things that we've 52 00:03:14,960 --> 00:03:18,239 Speaker 1: questioned or wondered about will make perfect sense to us. 53 00:03:18,880 --> 00:03:20,880 Speaker 1: But in the meantime, Lord, we pray that we would 54 00:03:20,900 --> 00:03:24,340 Speaker 1: just simply trust you, even if we don't immediately understand 55 00:03:24,400 --> 00:03:27,720 Speaker 1: what you're doing right now. Thank you, Lord, for the 56 00:03:27,760 --> 00:03:30,020 Speaker 1: fact that you can empower us to trust you with 57 00:03:30,060 --> 00:03:33,200 Speaker 1: that kind of faith. We pray that you would flood 58 00:03:33,240 --> 00:03:36,520 Speaker 1: our minds and our hearts with your peace because we 59 00:03:36,660 --> 00:03:41,160 Speaker 1: truly know and truly believe that you're doing exactly the 60 00:03:41,200 --> 00:03:45,200 Speaker 1: right thing and you're accomplishing it on the perfect timetable. 61 00:03:46,200 --> 00:03:48,920 Speaker 1: We're grateful for this reminder from your word today and 62 00:03:48,960 --> 00:03:50,620 Speaker 1: we thank you for the privilege to be able to 63 00:03:50,680 --> 00:03:53,380 Speaker 1: live this out when it gets tested in our lives. 64 00:03:54,280 --> 00:03:58,420 Speaker 1: We pray this all in Jesus' name. Amen.