Job 12: When Things Don't Make Sense

Is Anyone Else Walking Through Something That Just Doesn’t Make Sense Right Now?

Goodness gracious, I know I am—and I have friends who certainly are too. Life has a way of putting us in seasons where things feel upside down, unclear, or just plain unfair. Situations arise that don’t line up with our logic, our effort, or even our faithfulness.

“But I also have a mind like you; I am not inferior to you. Who doesn’t know the things you are talking about? I am a laughingstock to my friends by calling on God, who answers me. The righteous and blameless man is a laughingstock.”‭‭ Job‬ ‭12‬:‭3‬–‭4‬ ‭CSB‬‬

Even if I did have a blameless track record and all of this was happening to me, listening to friends pile on and assume I was clearly hiding something would be incredibly frustrating. My pride and ego would absolutely flare up.

I struggle as It Is with truly fathoming grace. As I continue to understand the gift of grace more and more my logic starts to take over so I can only imagine how confident Job’s friends felt—believing they had it figured out and were in the right. Job also had to be so confused--- he thought he had

it figured out too, and couldn’t understand why everything was coming against him. A lot of times my first instinct when reading the Word is very logical. I want answers. I want clarity. I want it to add up. Today, I’m choosing to sit with this instead. I find myself asking, "What do you want me to learn about this?" It reminds me of what Paul says in 1 Corinthians—that right now we see in part and know in part, and there are things we simply won’t fully understand this side of heaven. It’s just so hard to keep surrendering and stay surrendered.

Maybe that’s the invitation today—not to figure it out, but to remain open-handed right in the middle of the not knowing.