Dear Young Christian:
“Though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him” (Job 13:15). My wife and I were reading a commentary on the book of Job, and came across a comment on this verse by the author. He remarked, “This is almost the greatest sentence ever uttered by mortal lips! Let us ask for grace to affirm it.”
It was quite a boast made by Job, and I take it not an idle one either. However, Job did not know his own heart, and he had many valuable lessons to learn in the school of God. It was a long process of 42 chapters, having to listen to his wife and his friends criticize and berate him over many issues. However, Job learned the lessons in the school of God in the end, and there was much blessing as a result. The New Testament affirms, “Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy” (James 5:11). Hopefully, we too are learning the lessons God has for us so that we will experience the happiness and blessing that He desires for us.
Your Christian Friend,
Jim Hyland
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