Daily Strength: A 365-Day Devotional for Men April 12 - When It Feels As If God Is against Us
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Apr 12, 2026 A reading of Job 16 sparks reflections on feeling abandoned and divine opposition. The podcast explores why people wrongly equate suffering with guilt and highlights two surprising attitudes in suffering: compassion toward others and confident appeal to heaven. Connections are drawn between Job and Jesus, and listeners are urged to meet evil with prayer and goodness.
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Suffering Reveals A Heart That Wants To Comfort
- Job's distress reveals his heart: despite extreme loss and accusations, he longs to comfort his friends rather than retaliate.
- Christopher Ash highlights this as surprising for men, showing spiritual maturity amid suffering and false blame.
We Tend To Misread Misfortune As Deserved
- We instinctively judge others' misfortune as deserved and our prosperity as earned, mirroring Job's comforters.
- Ash warns this common reaction is wrong and contrasts it with Job's unjust suffering and his friends' accusations.
Job As A Foreshadow Of Christ's Innocent Intercession
- Job foreshadows Christ: his suffering, pure heart, and prayerful appeal to God point forward to Jesus' innocent suffering and intercession.
- Ash links Job's stance to Jesus praying 'Father, forgive them' while under false accusation on the cross.