Job 21-22: Trusting God When Life Isn’t Fair

Season 3 Episode 74

AI Context: In this episode of Lifespring! One Year Bible Rewind, we read Job chapters 21 and 22, where Job challenges the idea that suffering is always the result of sin and rejects the promise of easy answers. This episode explores why life often feels unfair, how Scripture confronts shallow explanations of suffering, and why trusting God does not depend on comfort, wealth, or immediate justice.

Trusting God When Life Isn’t Fair

There are moments in Scripture that give voice to questions we are often afraid to ask out loud. In Job 21, Job looks at the world as it really is and asks why the wicked often seem to prosper, grow old, and live at ease while the righteous suffer. It is an honest question, and one that believers across every generation have wrestled with.

In contrast, Job’s friend Eliphaz responds in chapter 22 with a message that still sounds familiar today. He insists that suffering must always be the result of sin and that reconciliation with God will inevitably lead to peace, prosperity, and success. It is a message that promises control, certainty, and reward — but it is not the message Scripture actually teaches.

This episode explores why simplistic explanations for suffering can damage faith, how Job refuses to accept a transactional view of God, and why Scripture calls us to trust God even when life feels profoundly unfair. Following God has never come with a guarantee of comfort or wealth, but it has always come with the promise of His presence, faithfulness, and ultimate justice.

Today’s Bible Reading

Job 21
Job 22

You can read today’s chapters online here:
Job 21–22 on BibleGateway.

Verse of the Day

Job 21:7 — “Why do the wicked live, reach old age, and grow mighty in power?”

This verse captures the heart of Job’s struggle and echoes a question many believers have quietly carried. Scripture does not shy away from that tension, and neither should we.

Comment from Chase Jacobson

I mentioned on the show that I would leave a link to the Mark Lowry Interview.

On This Date in Church History

On January 1st, the church has traditionally remembered the naming of Jesus, which took place on the eighth day after His birth. The name “Jesus” means “The Lord saves,” declaring His mission before He preached a sermon, healed a disease, or went to the cross. As a new year begins, the church starts not with resolutions, but with trust in the name that defines our hope.

Here’s the link for the episode of Verses We Missed that I mentioned in this episode.

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