Daily Sacrifice, March 6 (19:7)
“Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment”— Job 19:7.
WHEN God seems indifferent, He is often most concerned. We may imagine that He does not care, when He permits us to pass through affliction, grief, and sorrow. Our prayers may seem to be unheard. The heavens appear to be brass above us. But all the time He is looking down upon us in sympathy and compassion, and is preparing to work out our deliverance in such a way as to magnify His grace and glorify His name. He is actively engaged on our behalf even when we, as yet, fail to realize it. What is needed is that we learn not only to wait on Him in faith, but to wait for Him in patience.
—Barbara C. Ryberg.