When God Takes Away
Bible Reading: Job 1:13-22
Author: Brooke Espinoza (California, US)
Author: Brooke Espinoza (California, US)
Thursday 13 August 2026 © The Upper Room.
When we consider Job, a man who intensely loved and obeyed God and yet was stripped of his children and his vast wealth, we see his words as an astounding response to phenomenal loss.
Sometimes, people mistakenly believe that suffering is the result of wrongs committed. The disciples, for example, asked Jesus about a man born blind, ‘Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?’ (John 9:2).
Yet the Bible declares that neither Job nor the blind man was afflicted because of wrongdoing.
Job knew his suffering was not the result of sin. He also understood that everything he lost had been given to him by God and that whether God gives or takes away, he is worthy of praise.
Why? Job trusted God in the midst of his trials, and Paul reminds us that God works in all situations for good for all who love the Lord (Romans 8:28).
Prayer: Dear God in heaven, thank you for working all things to good in our lives. In Jesus’ name, we pray. Amen
