Though He Slay Me

The Fog

Job names a remarkable, extreme trust here, worth examining directly, though he slay me, yet will I trust, worth holding as genuine trust extended even to the most extreme, worst possible outcome, worth recognizing this as trust genuinely tested, not trust that has simply never faced real difficulty.

Notice but I will maintain mine own ways before him, worth examining this second half directly, Job’s own continued honesty alongside this trust, not silent submission alone, but genuine, ongoing dialogue, maintaining his own honest perspective even while extending this remarkable, extreme trust.

This is worth holding as this movement’s own mature picture, trust and honest maintaining of your own genuine perspective both held together, not contradictory but this whole book’s own actual pattern, worth examining whether your own trust has room for this same honest, ongoing maintaining alongside it.

Consider today what trust extended even to your own worst, genuinely feared outcome might actually look like, held together with Job’s own continued honesty, maintaining your own genuine perspective, not silent submission alone, but this fuller, more mature combination this verse actually models.