ASKING DIFFERENT QUESTIONS - All Our Daily Bread Daily Devotionals for 2026

Our Daily Bread - Friday, July 9, 2016
by RBC Ministries

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ASKING DIFFERENT QUESTIONS

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Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
-Job 38:4

THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
Job 38-40
Acts 16:1-21

When tragedy strikes, questions follow. Our loss of a loved one may lead us to ask God any number of pointed questions: "Why did You let this happen?" "Whose fault was this?" "Don't You care about my pain?" Believe me, as the grieving father of a teenager who died tragically, I have asked these very questions.
The book of Job records the questions Job asks as he sits down with friends to lament his suffering. He had lost his family as well as his health and possession. At one point, he asks, "Why is light given to him who is in misery, and life to the bitter of soul?" (3:20). Later, he asks, "What strength do I have, that I should hope?" (6:11). And, "Does it seem good to You that You should oppress?" (10:3). Many have stood near a headstone placed too early and asked similar questions.
But when you read all the way to the end of the book, you get a surprise. When God responds to Job (chs. 38-41), He does it in an unexpected way. He turns the tables and asks Job questions - different questions that show His wisdom and sovereignty. Questions about His magnificent creation - the earth, stars and sea. And the questions all point to this: God is sovereign. God is all-powerful. God is love. And God knows what He is doing. - Dave Branon
We comprehended Him not,
Yet earth and heaven tell,
God sits as sovereign on the throne,
And ruleth all things well. - Gerhardt

Our greatest comfort in sorrow is to know that God is in control.

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