But if I were you, I would appeal to God; I would lay my cause before Him. He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot be counted. He provides rain for the earth; He sends water on the countryside. The lowly He sets on high, and those who mourn are lifted to safety. Job 5:8-11
“If I were you,” He says, “I would turn my face toward God and seek His face. I would trust in Him. And I would try not to be too clever.” He is the God who gives water to enable crops to grow; He is the God who lifts up humble and lowly people. But He is also a God we cannot understand; He does many things, and we cannot search them out and understand them. So let’s not try to be to clever and arrogantly think we can be wiser than God.”
Christopher Ash in Job: The Wisdom of the Cross (PTW; Wheaton: Crossway, 2014) 110.
The problem of humanity, especially in times of crisis, is that rather than take a trusting posture, we act too clever instead. We try to work things out rather than wait on God. Make it rain, God. Lift up the lowly.
Father, forgive us for trying to figure everything out. Teach us simply to trust You in crisis, so that when you bring rain, we can be generous to others. Give us the patience of Job. Hear my prayer in the name of Jesus. Amen.