You see, throughout the book of Job, Job has been protesting his situation before God. It’s the faith that rejoices, sits silently and calmly, in the presence of the Shepherd. I used to think that the faith of desperation was the ultimate expression of faith, but Dallas Willard showed me there was a 3rd kind of faith, an even higher type, and it appears right at the end of the book of Job. For it is in that moment, when everything else is gone, that you know the reality of God.”Īh, but, believe it or not, there was still another level of faith for Job–it’s the faith of Psalm 23, and Dallas Willard calls it “The faith of sufficiency.” Not before the moment of need, not after the moment of need when the storm has passed, but in the moment of need. The “life without lack” is known by those who have learned how to trust God in the moment of their need. It is a hard lesson, but an essential one. Is this where you are? Have you ever been forced to develop this kind of faith?ĭallas Willard says, “Often God allows us to reach the point of desperation so we can learn how to trust. It strips you of your judgmentalism and you say, “Though he slay me, yet will I trust him.”
But others go on to develop the faith of desperation.
When something goes wrong in someone else’s life, they think, “Well, I wonder what they did wrong?” Their marriage isn’t going well, and you think, “Well, they’re different behind closed doors than what we see of them.” Or their finances are a mess and you think, “Well, they must not be very good money managers,” or, “They must not be putting God first.” One of their kids starts to wander and you think, “I wonder what they did wrong in their parenting? Unlike me over here who is just killing it as a parent, which is why my kids are doing so well.” You think that way because you only know the faith of propriety.īut then God sends you through a Job chapter. “Even though you slay me, yet will I trust you.” And so even though everything around me is falling apart, I’m still going to trust that you are good. And I can’t understand what you’re doing but I know you’re working a good plan. “The faith of desperation.” Job expresses this faith in Job 13:15, “Though he slay me, yet will I trust him.” God, I know you’re good. answers: “What does faith look like in a season of suffering?” This week, we dive into a short series taken from a recent sermon series Pastor J.D.
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