Teach Me

Job 34:32

"Teach me what I do not see; if I have done iniquity, I will do it no more..."

A new speaker has come on board to address Job and his three friends throwing into the mix the idea that Job's attitude was rebellious, but before he did that he asked a pertinent question. He wanted to know if Job had asked God to teach him what he could not see. What a wise statement! Perhaps it caused Job to think in a different way. Instead of justifying and defending himself before God and his friends, he could seek to be taught by God much like the the potter with his clay. "But who are you, O man, to answer back to God? Will what is molded say to its molder, why have you made me like this? Has the potter no right over the clay, to make out of the same lump one vessel for honorable use and another for dishonorable use?"  To be taught or to be moldable takes a great deal of trust in the Potter and submission on the part of the clay because the clay abdicates his right to know or understand the whys of the situation. He is content to rest in the Potter's hand. What if I were in a situation of prolonged difficulty, loss, pain, and persecution, could I be moldable clay? Could I refrain from questioning and answering back to God? Could I trust Him in whatever He does? Difficult times and difficult questions!

Father,

Keep me moldable so that I might give up a questioning heart and accept Your sovereign plan for me. Give me Your grace and strength in the midst of hardship and adversity.

In Jesus name,

Amen