This week’s daily readings:

This week’s devotional:

I Don’t Know Where God Is, but God Knows Where I Am!

by The Rev. Justin Elerath

Scripture:

I follow close to You; Your right hand holds on to me.

— Psalm 63:8 (HCSB)

Reflection:

Most of us have an internal sense of justice. We want everything in the world to be right. But sometimes our sense of what is fair is shaped by comparison. We might want a promotion, a job, health, material goods, a spouse… When we see others experiencing a blessing that we had been hoping for, we start comparing ourselves to these people and wonder, “Why not me?” Or we may look at the hardships we are enduring, compare ourselves to others, and ask, “Why me?”

Can we take comfort in serving a Just God?

Job loses everything and is left with a wife who tells him, “Curse God and die!” (Job 2:9) and a few really discouraging friends who say, “Consider: who has perished when he was innocent? Where have the honest been destroyed? In my experience, those who plow injustice and those who sow trouble reap the same.” (Job 4:7-8). Despite them, Job comes to an important realization. He looks for God and cannot see Him, but says, “Yet He knows the way I have taken” (Job 23:10). Job doesn’t know where God is, but he trusts that God knows where he is. He doesn’t understand what God is doing, but he is assured that God has not lost sight of him.

It’s easy to look at our lives and think evil runs unopposed. It may even seem as if people receive blessings in spite of the evil they do. But Scripture says that evil does not escape God’s notice and will not have the final word.

So even when the psalmist David finds himself in a difficult place, his response is to continue seeking God. That is why he cries out to God, “God, You are my God; I eagerly seek You. I thirst for You; my body faints for You in a land that is dry, desolate, and without water.” (Psalm 63:1).

There is a double-edged sword in this message. On the one hand, we have to realize that when we start comparing ourselves to others, then we are not focused on God. On the other hand, we have to be patient and let God be the judge. There is no need to attempt to institute our own justice.

Prayer:

Heavenly Father, I know that You are a just God, and I know that I can trust in Your unchanging nature, yet so often I fall short. I look at the world around me and I want to see myself glorified instead of You. I pray for humility, that I might seek Your glory instead of my own. Thank You that I do not have to worry about bringing judgement on others but can rest in Your assurance that, even when I lose sight of You, You never lose sight of me. Amen

Week 37: September 13-19, 2026 - I Don’t Know Where God Is, but God Knows Where I Am!

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