Job looked up to God in heaven and wanted to know why he had to suffer all that had befallen him. He simply could not accept the fact that he was sinful as were the evil cities which Jesus condemned in the Gospel today. And so the persistent question continued, "Why?" After allowing Job to search for an answer as best he could, God finally spoke to Job. In essence God told Job that the answer to his question, "why," was "because" - because God knows best. There simply was no way in which Job, a mere mortal, could comprehend the actions of God who was responsible for the guidance and direction of the universe. God's domain, like the adult world for little children, is too complicated for us to conprehend.

Job in the end was moved to accept in faith the wisdom and the goodness of God. We have much more to go on than did Job. When we recognize that God not only created us out of love but actually sent His own Son to lead us to eternal happiness, it should be easier for us to believe in His goodness. God does not change. He is not at one moment loving and hateful in the next. The love that is clear in the sending of His Son is the same love by which He guides and directs all the aspects of our lives.