Did you ever pick a fight with God? Did you ever get mad at God or argue with him about the way he was treating you? Did you ever say, “God, why did you forsake me?” or “Why did you allow a hurricane to devastate the earth, like Hugo that caused ten billion dollars damage in South Carolina?” or “Why do some wicked people prosper and some righteous people suffer?” or “Why do bad things happen to good folks?”

Maybe you did not, but Job did! He was a good man who loved and feared God. The Bible describes him as “a blameless and upright man.” But adversity hit him. He lost his property, his seven sons and three daughters by violent deaths, and his health. Four friends came to commiserate with him and maintained that his losses were due to his sin. But Job would not buy this. He upheld his inn…