In the Bible, we read about Job.  The faithful servant of God who was caught between a dialogue between God and Satan.  Job’s life of integrity towards God ultimately is what ended up turning his life upside down.

As he talks with his friends, Job starts to complain.  But his friends weren’t having it.  They insisted that his misfortune was caused by something he did.  They applied their misguided understanding of God to Job’s situation.

But Job was human.  

And in Job 6:5 He asks “Don’t I have a right to complain?…”  

Yes.  I believe he did.  

But in all of Job’s complaints, he didn’t curse God.  And he didn’t sin.

In a very raw and honest way,  he let his friends and God know how he really felt.  

Most of my life I felt like being “real” with God was irreverent and disrespectful.  I felt like if I really said out loud how I really felt it would mean that I didn’t trust in God’s plan for my life.  

But reading the book of Job gave me another perspective.  After chapters and chapters of Job’s complaints and his dialogue between him and his friends and with God, we see that God doesn’t hold it against him.  In fact, when God responds he tells Job’s friends that He is angry with them for not speaking accurately about God, as his servant Job had done.  

Can I encourage you to be real with God?  

What is it that’s really bothering you?  

Tell your Heavenly Father how you really feel.  He already knows your deepest thoughts and feelings.  He doesn’t need you to sugar coat what you’re going through.

I have personally found a freedom in my relationship with God as I got more real with Him.  I feel like no matter what is bothering me, I can pray and tell Him about it.

And He gently reminds me that He understands, and that it’s going to be okay.

Don’t be afraid to be real.  Your Heavenly Father can handle it.

~ Vijoy