1. What is Right
2. Calm after the storm
3. An Agreement
4. No idols
5. A Snare
6. Compromise leads to disaster
7. Serve the Lord
8. A Cycle of forgetfulness
9. A Hero Falls
10. Worship and Sin
11. Crazy for the Lord
12. Ashamed of Worship
13. Building our idols
14. Worship for Generations
15. Worship in Despair
16. Kneeling before our Maker
17. Singing before God
18. Instrumental Worship
19. Holy, Holy, Holy
20. Enemies or Friends of God?
21. Who Can Rescue?
22. A Villain Turns to God
23. Worship and Doubt
24. Spirit and Truth
25. God Speaks in Worship
26. Acting Religious or Worshipping?
27. Created in Place of the Creator
28. Spiritual Act of Worship
29. Orderly Worship
30. No Repentance
31. Worship God

Job 1:20-21

Worship in Despair

Earlier we saw Noah worship after God brought him through the storm.  Job chose to worship the Lord in the midst of severe trauma.  He had just been informed that all of his oxen, sheep, and camels were killed in separate calamities.  His ten children were also killed when a house collapsed on them. 

While Job is obviously distressed he also recognizes God as the source of all that He has.  His response seems a bit fatalistic - what happens, happens - but really he is recognizing that God is in control even in the midst of this great trouble.

It is human nature to ask why God allows something to happen or even accuse God for not preventing a tragedy.  The truth is that we don't know why everything happens.  In Job's case we're given the background that it is a result of a test of Satan.  At the end of the book God confronts Job and basically asks Job who he thinks he is that he is in a position to question God.

Job is a great example for us to follow when tragedy strikes.  We don't need to know the "why" of the problem, only that God is still in control and it hasn't escaped His notice.  While Job worshipped God verse 22 sums up his attitude well.  "In all this, Job did not sin by accusing God of wrongdoing."