#soap # Job 24 ## Title: Ever Felt Abandoned By God? ## Scripture: (Job 24:25) “If this is not so, who can prove me a liar and reduce my words to nothing?” (NET) ## Observation: In this text, Job is saying that it looks like God doesn’t care about all the evil he sees. Have you ever felt this way? Have you ever wondered why a good God allows evil to exist? I heard someone respond to this objection by saying, “So you think God should get rid of all evil? Okay. Where should He start, with me or with you?” The question of evil is one that perplexes most people at some point in their walk with God. There is an unintended hubris attached to it. We think God should do it our way because we think He is being unfair. It’s not on purpose, but it’s there all the same. The reality is God does NOT always do things the way we want. His ways are higher than our ways, and He sees all things with a much better vantage point than we have. It all comes down to trust. Can we trust that God is truly good? If He is, can we also trust that if we saw what He sees, we would do the same? That’s what faith is, trusting when we cannot see it for ourselves. ## Application: Trust God when we don’t agree. ## Prayer: Thank You, Jesus, for always proving Yourself faithful.