A Son for Glory: Job Through New Eyes

by Toby J. Sumpter

Like Job, we are called to wrestle and suffer in order to learn this wisdom and to learn to rule well. This means following our crucified and risen King. We are assured that this wrestling and struggle are not only always under the rule and protection of our faithful Father, it is the exact tutorial that God has designed for us. Like the Son, we learn obedience through our suffering (Heb. 5:8), but this doesn’t mean apathy. This does not mean we resign ourselves to whatever happens. Yahweh really wants us to wrestle, to wrestle with evil, to fight wickedness, and to strive with them, always looking to God for blessing. Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed that it would not rain. The Storm has spoken his Word, and by that Word, we have been invited into the Storm to learn his wisdom.