“Then the LORD said to Satan, ‘Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil. And he still maintains his integrity, though you incited me against him to ruin him without any reason.’” Job 2:3

Dear Heavenly Father, I feel like this is one of the most revealing, transparent statements you have made in all of the Bible. I see your personality too. You did not willingly afflict Job. You were in a struggle with your arch enemy. You let Satan play in your sandbox for reasons all your own but there was no reason in Job’s life that caused you to release Satan to afflict him. Job’s friends fell all over themselves trying to give reasons. Job afflicted himself with trying to find the reason. There was none to be found. You just wanted to prove to Satan that Job loved you unconditionally. What a strange and powerful story. I know you love me unconditionally. So did Job (Job 19). I see that love on your Son’s cross. I want to be free from the affliction of trying to figure out why I suffer. Settle my heart in loving you no matter what because you first loved me. That will give my life stability and peace. Amen.

What if we quit trying to figure God and his ways out? Maybe, just maybe we’d begin to love him the way he wants to be loved.