Faithfulness From The Ash Heap

Job 3:1-26 We last left Job worshiping God on the ash heap. But now after seven days and nights of silence, our innocent sufferer opens his mouth, and what comes out is no whimpering sigh. It is a gut-wrenching howl of raw, unfiltered emotion as Job finally expresses his feelings in words. Job is a pain-struck man knocked down by grief. But for all of his howling Job is also a picture of faithfulness to God in his suffering. We must remember that Job-like lament spoken to God is an exercise of our faith in God. Dark lament isn’t faithlessness, it is faithfulness on display. That’s what Job is going to show us.