Lectio Divina – Job, Part Four
Posted by Greg on November 2, 2008
Scripture
Job 7:20-21
20 If I sin, what do I do to you, you watcher of mankind?
Why have you made me your mark?
Why have I become a burden to you?
21 Why do you not pardon my transgression
and take away my iniquity?
For now I shall lie in the earth;
you will seek me, but I shall not be” (ESV).
Observation
Job here asks some direct questions of the almighty.
He starts by asking, “really, what do I matter to you? I am small, you are big.”
Job then asks why God has made him his mark and why he has become a burden to God.
Finally, Job asks God why he won’t forgive his iniquities.
Application
I chose these verses this morning because there are times when God seems terribly silent, when we cry out for answers and none seem to come. We sometimes may feel that we are being targeted for some reason. And then we may feel that in our asking for relief and for answers, we become a burden to God.
Prayer
Lord, I pray believing that you will hear me. I want to be a believer in your goodness and in your desire to give us the best life, the one that will be most honorable to you. Please hear me, and respond by showing us in a tangible way that you care about us. Amen.
