Who am I?

The verse for 9/14 is from Job 9:14, "So who am I, that I should try to answer God or even reason with him?  NLT

Job was in a bad situation.  His friends were making judgements about him and his dilemna.  None of their ideas were good ones.  Job didn't have all the answers either, but he stood up pretty well under all the accusations and suggestions of his so-called friends.  I like his comment to them in the verse above.  It reminds me of the sovereignty of God.

In today's culture, we've come to a place that has all kinds of distorted views of who God is and how He should act.  Many people feel like we should say whatever we like, whenever we like, to the God who created us.  To me, that's like a rebellious child being disrespectful and disobedient to a loving parent who has their best interest at heart.  Yet, I do know that our God has incredible patience with us.  He allows us to question Him when we don't understand and He shows us much love, grace and mercy in our ignorance of who He is and how much He really loves us. 

We don't know why evil people hurt innocent people or bad things happen to good people.  But we know that it has something to do with the fall of mankind and the sin that has separated us from God since we were created.  People make bad decisions that hurt other people and, sometimes, bad things just happen.  But, like Job, I'm going to defer to God.   He is so much wiser than we are and He gave His own son's life so we could be with Him forever.  The choice as to whether we accept, or opt out, of His perfect plan for us is still entirely up to us.  But the obvious remains.  He is God and I'm not.  So, who am I that I should try to answer God or even reason with Him?  I'll just trust Him and leave the results up to Him.