Day 73 – Life

Job 3:1 After this Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.

 2 Job spoke, and said, 3 “May the day perish on which I was born, and the night in which it was said, ‘A male child is conceived.’ 4 May that day be darkness; may Elohiym above not seek it, nor the light shine upon it. 5 May darkness and the shadow of death claim it; may a cloud settle on it; may the blackness of the day terrify it. 6 As for that night, may darkness seize it; may it not rejoice among the days of the year, may it not come into the number of the months. 7 oh, may that night be barren! May no joyful shout come into it! 8 May they curse it who curse the day, those who are ready to arouse Leviathan. 9 May the stars of its morning be dark; may it look for light, but have none, and not see the dawning of the day; 10 because it did not shut up the doors of my mother’s womb, nor hide sorrow from my eyes.

 11 “Why did I not die at birth? Why did I not perish when I came from the womb? 12 Why did the knees receive me? Or why the breasts, that I should nurse? 13 For now I would have lain still and been quiet, I would have been asleep; then I would have been at rest 14 with kings and counselors of the earth, who built ruins for themselves, 15 or with princes who had gold, who filled their houses with silver; 16 or why was I not hidden like a stillborn child, like infants who never saw light? 17 There the wicked cease from troubling, and there the weary are at rest. 18 There the prisoners rest together; they do not hear the voice of the oppressor. 19 The small and great are there, and the servant is free from his master.

 20 “Why is light given to him who is in misery, and life to the bitter of soul, 21 who long for death, but it does not come, and search for it more than hidden treasures; 22 who rejoice exceedingly, and are glad when they can find the grave? 23 Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden, and whom Elohiym has hedged in? 24 For my sighing comes before I eat, and my groanings pour out like water. 25 For the thing I greatly feared has come upon me, and what I dread has happened to me. 26 I am not at ease, nor am I quiet; I have no rest, for trouble comes.”

God’s names:

Elohiym – Supreme God

Yeshuwa – Jesus

JEHOVAH – Self-existent, Eternal

God’s character:

Keeper

How often do you wish you had never been born? Everything that could go wrong has and you see no way out of your trouble, so you wish you had never been born. You’re not alone. A famous Christmas movie addresses the idea of never being born and how much a person’s life is worth, though in the moment you can’t see it.

Job wished he’d never been born to see the trouble that came into his life. He lost everything but his wife who wanted him to curse Elohiym and die. He wondered why Elohiym allowed him to come into life instead of taking him at birth.

Perhaps when you accepted Yeshuwa as Savior and Lord, you were in the same place as Job. You wondered why you were born. However, someone told you about Yeshuwa and pointed you in the direction of hope and a reason for living.

Perhaps you’re a seasoned Christian. You know the reason, yet Satan has come against you so often you wonder if the Christian life is worth the trouble you’ve seen.

Everyone questions the reason for their life at one time or another. As Christians, you need to look past the trouble and seek your answers not in your circumstances, but in the hope Yeshuwa provided the moment you accepted Him as Savior and Lord. I know it’s easy to say and even write, the truth is: it’s hard to see the reason, the hope when everything you see is trouble.

Every week you go for prayer to bind Satan and see the end of your trouble, but the end doesn’t come. You do your best to remain faithful to Elohiym, but you don’t feel He’s being faithful to you. You read your Bible, attend church, go to Bible studies and yet Satan continues to destroy your life and force you to give up. Never give up!

I went through years of trouble. I didn’t understand why I went from one crisis to another. I spent nights in prayer and fasting only to see no answers. It was as though heaven was closed and Yeshuwa didn’t hear my prayers. My husband wasn’t a Christian, and my children stopped going to church with me. They didn’t see the reason when their father didn’t go to church. However, I never gave up. I continued to pray until the day my marriage ended. For me it was the best day of my life in many ways. A marriage that ended long before we went to court for the dissolution of our marriage vows, suddenly gave my life new meaning and heaven opened its gates.

I do not recommend divorce. Nor do I condone it. However, the Bible states that if the unsaved spouse wants to leave, let him/her leave.

There are many reasons why it seems like heaven has shut its gates against you, or so it seems when you go day after day and year after year without answers.

Consider what the psalmist said:

Psalm 121:1 (A Song of Ascents.) I will lift my eyes to the hills—from whence comes my help?

 2 My help comes from JEHOVAH, who made heaven and earth.

 3 He will not allow your foot to be moved; He who keeps you will not slumber.

 4 Behold, He who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.

 5 JEHOVAH is your keeper; JEHOVAH is your shade at your right hand.

 6 The sun will not strike you by day, nor the moon by night.

 7 JEHOVAH will preserve you from every evil; He will preserve your soul.

 8 JEHOVAH will preserve your going out and your coming in from this time forth, and even forevermore.

JEHOVAH is your keeper. He knows everything you are going through. When the storm looks overwhelming, He will keep you safe in the storm.

I wrote a poem many years ago when I faced the storms of life.

For everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith. Who is it that overcomes the world? Only he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God. 1 John 5:4-5 NIV

When the storms seem overwhelming, don’t give up. Anchor your life in Yeshuwa and He will keep you safe.

Let’s pray: Father, too often I wonder why, and You always show me why when I keep my focus on You and never waver from Your promise to keep me safe in the storm. When trouble finds me, let me look to the hills as the psalmist said, because my help comes from You. In Jesus’ name, I pray. Amen.

Copyright © 1 April 2025 by Valerie Routhieaux