When You Are Asked, “Where Were You?” Where Are You?
- より子 逆瀬川
- May 23
- 1 min read
Job Chapter 38
At last, the Lord speaks.
From within the storm.
Job had continued to ask:
Why is there suffering?
Why does God not answer?
Why do the righteous suffer?
His friends continued to explain:
Sin.
Retribution.
The righteousness of God.
Elihu had declared:
God has already been speaking.
But now,
the Lord Himself speaks.
“Who is this
that darkens counsel
with words without knowledge?”
The Lord does not answer Job’s questions
with explanations.
He does not explain
the reason for suffering.
Instead,
He asks a question in return.
“Where were you
when I laid the foundations of the earth?”
Here,
the perspective of the entire book of Job changes.
People try to understand suffering.
They try to explain God.
They organize words
and seek answers.
But the Lord first brings Job
to stand before Him.
The sea.
The light.
The darkness.
The stars.
The earth.
The Lord speaks
as the One who created the world.
People try to stand before God
only after understanding everything.
But the greatness of God
cannot be contained
within human understanding.
When you are asked, “Where were you?” where are you?
Are you living within explanations?
Are you trying to complete your understanding?
Or are you still looking up to God,
even without understanding?
The Lord did not give Job
an explanation.
Instead,
Job was summoned
into His presence.
In the end,
before receiving answers,
Job becomes one
who stands before the Lord.
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