Marriage, Job and breakthrough from struggle

[Maheswari_S]

All praise be to our God. Let us pray for the above requests to our God via Jesus! Amen!

Please pray for the following continuously

(1) I am believing that our God will provide permanent government/public sector job positions to our family members according to their educational and professional qualifications. Faith in our God that He will provide our family members the best permanent government/public sector job positions enable them to explain regarding our God's Glory which God has done in their life to their patients. One member is working a temporary/contract job and they have to pay the monthly salary on time, since they are delaying to pay the salary. Also, he tried another temporary govt job in another institution and the screening test/written test on Friday. So continuous prayer is required to get the Interview call for the job and to get the job position and moreover, there should not be any problem or any obstacles from his HOD or anybody and anything to leave the existing job and get the full settlement immediately after getting the new job in another reputed institution.

Another family member to get a temporary govt. job urgently and she will wait for a Permanent Govt. Job. Both are waiting for permanent govt. job positions till God's Time & Will.

(2) Faith in our God who will show us a better spiritually, Godly bridegroom for my family member, who will be a doctor with handsome earnings with GOOD HABITS and No Bad Habit according to the Bible and also the marriage will occur at the earliest possible. Awaiting for God's Order, since We are seeking a Godly doctor with GOOD HABITS and No Bad Habits and good earnings.

(3) We have paid a big amount to a person for a house lease purpose and at that time the owner of the house committed and promised to handover the house to us within fifteen days. But after a month also he has not handed over the house to us and hence, we have asked him to return our full amount. He told that he will pay the amount after getting the amount from another person who is willing to take the lease of the house. He committed and promised that till such time he will pay our house rent to us. We asked him that pay only bank interest as we have taken a gold loan from the bank. But he refused that he will not pay the interest to us. Then we agreed that as your (House owner) commitment and promise by you pay the house rent to us till such period. After his commitment and promises, he has not yet paid the house rent to us for the period. Now it is crossed more than a year (more than 15 months) passed. Till today, he has not paid the house rent. Bank interest is also increasing day by day. Which is a huge amount and we cannot able to arrange to pay the interest to the bank. Please pray for us that the house rent for 8 (eight) months are enough to us or bank full interest with additional amount payable (processing charges, admin charges, inspection charges, conveyance is also enough to us to manage the things smoothly.

Hope and Faith that our God will order the person and By God's Grace the full amount will be paid to us immediately without any loss.

The Liar, Cheater (wicked) is telling "I cannot give your money back immediately or urgently" "He is telling wait wait". Almost 15 Months (one year and three months) and have been passed. It is unjust. Is this justice? God have to punish him as under:

(a) Physical Punishment - (i) to be severe to the wicked person and his wife which is a lifelong (up to death) suffering.
(ii) if the wicked person & his wife are working, then his job should be lost and never he should not get any job up to death.
(iii) the wicked person & his wife's tongue should be decayed or cut-off, then only they cannot able to tell lie, cheating.
(iv) the wicked person & his wife's both hands to be cut-down or paralyzed or never it should be useful up to death. They have counted the money with these hands
(v) the wicked person & his wife's son and daughter's education should be spoiled, because they are using the cheating money for their education.

(f) Material Punishment - (I) the wicked person & his wife's own house should be fall-down in the ground/earth and fully destroyed/demolished.
(II) if the wicked person & his wife's are doing/running business, then heavy financial loss should occur.
(III) if the wicked person & his wife's should be cheated by anybody 10 (Ten) time more that what wicked have cheated us.

Then only he never ever cheat anybody. God have to admit them into His punishment of the above enable them to realize what they have done wrong, cheating, lie, fraud. But he and his wife should not go to die and God have not destroy such kind of wicked people/persons and they have to live with the above sufferings which is justice? After this suffering only they may repent and turn to God.

If physical punishment is not able to give to the wicked, liar, cheater, fraud and his wife, then material punishment may be given to them. In case this is not able to give to the wicked, liar, cheater, fraud, then earthly consequences like sleepless night, mental disturbance, Loss of Peace, financial loss, family problems, Anxiety, Physical strain, sickness, Blockage in Success, Blessing Blockage, Inner emptyness etc., to be given by God to the wicked, liar, cheater, fraud and his wife enable them to repay our house rent with bank interest and after repent and turn to God.

I asked our God that "Why the Honest should suffer? Why the wicked, Liar, fraud, cheater persons are not punished? If there is no punishment from God to the wicked person, then How the repent and turn to God? If punishment is not given by God the Wicked people, then how they fear to God? If no fear to God, then they will do more and more wicked things. God have to give a punishment to them that will Glory to our God.

In some place in the Bible mentioned like this "The Lord watches over all who love him, but all the wicked he will destroy"
Habakkuk 1:13 – “Why do you tolerate the treacherous? Why are you silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves?”

I am waiting for the Justice from God. Nobody knows when the punishment or Justice will be happened. God have to give punishment immediately to this wicked person. so that he will not do many more. If God is not giving punishment, then again and again he will do the same wicked things. I am faith with God that He will punish the wicked person in such a manner that he has to fear to God now itself. Otherwise he will do the same thing to others and again and again. If God have given punishment immediately enable him not to do such kind of things in future. Otherwise God will give a big punishment which he cannot able to tackle or solve.

Due to this our family cannot able to sleep daily night. Also misunderstanding within our family. As per his activities, he never ever repent. Due to his behaviour, definitely he will not repent to God. Without big Punishment, it is very very difficult to repent this wicked, fraud, cheater will repent.

Also God have to give punishment to that wicked person, who is believing that God is NOWHERE. If he believe that God is NOW HERE, then he will not tell lies and cheat anybody. Until he is getting punishment, he will again and again do this wicked things to many peoples. As per his activities, he never repent. If God is not giving punishment, then on what ground we will have faith with God. Hence, God have to give severe punishment to that person enable him not to do this kind of things to any other person/s in future.

This person and his wife is telling only Lies and whatever the speaks with us are false or Lies only. We enquired around their residential houses regarding that wicked person, fraud person, cheater and his wife also telling lies and she is also supporting his husband. So both are definitely not repent. Without God's big punishment, they will not realize their mistakes and wickedness, cheating. Awaiting for the God's big punishment from only they will repent. Otherwise there is no use and Satan will involve. They never repent again turn to God. Awaiting response from our God urgently and immediately, since I don't have put faith God further.

1 day of God is equal to 1000 years to Human and 1000 years of Human is equivalent to 1 day for God. That means there is No Grace will be to human from God till their death! There is No Mercy from God. Till human death they have to suffer if anybody is Honest. Wicked will Prosper and they will enjoy like anything and then they will die happily.

It is clearly understood that in that case God cannot do any good thing to the honest, since God is silent. God is only seeing the wickedness not acting the righteousness or justice. God is some count slowness, which means inactive. God is powerless, which means no power with him and Satan have power. Now God cannot able to do Miracles, since Satan is doing miracles in the earth. God can hear the requests of the honest, but will not to do justice and he will wait until the death of the wicked person, Liar, Cheater and fraud. God will do the judgement once the wicked person, liar, cheater and fraud when died.

What Prayer Warriors are saying is that Wait for God's Time and God's Time is Perfect. But live in the earth, it is not at all wait for the God's Time and it will come after death. Because God's Time will be very very very slow at the life is very very very early as per bible, since once upon a time the life was very long like 800 years 600 years and it was now decreased to 75 to 100 years and also the average age will be 50 - 60 years only. Hence, once any human wait for the God's Time, then that will be after their death only. This is point number one. Secondly, wait for God's Will. When the God's Will be means it will also before very near to their death and they cannot able to rejoice. Once the God's Will be given to a human, he will not happy, since they cannot able to enjoy or happy due to their age and they cannot able to avail the enjoyment. Thirdly, God's Grace. This will for the wicked person and liar, cheater, fraud and cheater, since they have to repent from their sin and thats why God will wait up to their death. Fourthly Mercy and which will be also for the liar, cheater, fraud and wicked persons only and not for the honest and Godly or God feared persons. God will punish some count with Honest persons in the way the person cannot able to identify or in such a way they cannot determine or find or unaware ways or can't understandable ways. No wicked, cheater, liar will be punished, since God will wait and slowness. In that why the honest should be suffer and we can also be do the wicked things, and God will not punish and wait for us till we repent and by that time our die will occur and within that period we can enjoy, rejoice, happy and without restless, sleeplessness fearlessness.

Is God is inactive, since there is no justice to me and our families. Is God is alive or not. Is God is dead are what. Is God is a stone which is in the Well? If so, there will not be any action. Is God is faithful. No, He is not faithful. Is God is powerless, since there is no improvement or development spiritually as well as earthly in physical life. Is God is Merciless, since there is no requests are fulfilled. Is God is Graceless, since none of the requests are fruitful. Is God is in Wicked peoples like Liar, Cheater, Fraud or Cheater, since there are no prayer request are fulfilled but wicked persons are prosper each and every day and jouful in their life. Is God can now do any Miracles in the earth. No. the Miracles were happened 2000 years before. Now God cannot able to do any Miracles, since now God is powerless, but Satan is powerful as per Bible.

 

[Articles]

We come before the throne of grace with heavy hearts, lifting up these burdens before our Heavenly Father in the mighty name of Jesus Christ. It is only through His name that we have access to the Father, and there is no other name by which we can be saved (Acts 4:12). We declare that Jesus is Lord, and we approach God with faith in His power, justice, and mercy.

First, we lift up the need for stable employment for your family members. Father, we ask that You open doors of opportunity that no man can shut (Revelation 3:8). Provide permanent government positions that align with their qualifications, Lord, and let Your glory be revealed through their work. For the one awaiting the interview call, we pray for favor and wisdom. May there be no obstacles or delays in transitioning to the new role, and may the settlement from the current job be swift and complete. For the other family member in need of temporary work, we ask that You make a way where there seems to be no way (Isaiah 43:19). Sustain them with patience and hope as they wait for Your perfect timing. We declare that their labor will not be in vain (1 Corinthians 15:58) and that You will meet every need according to Your riches in glory (Philippians 4:19).

For the godly spouse being sought for your family member, we pray for a man who fears You above all else. Father, raise up a husband who is a doctor, yes, but more importantly, one whose heart is after You (Psalm 37:4). Let him be a man of integrity, free from the bondage of bad habits, and devoted to walking in Your ways. May their marriage be a testimony to Your love and faithfulness, built on the foundation of Christ (Ephesians 5:25-33). We rebuke the spirit of delay and declare that this union will come to pass in Your perfect timing, not man’s.

Now, we come to the painful matter of the broken promise and financial injustice. Father, we acknowledge that You are a God of justice (Psalm 89:14) and that vengeance belongs to You (Romans 12:19). The wickedness of this man and his wife has brought great suffering, and we cry out for Your intervention. We do not rejoice in their punishment, but we ask that You bring conviction and repentance to their hearts. Let them see the weight of their sin and turn from their deceit. Lord, we pray for restitution, return the full amount owed, including the rent and interest, so that this burden may be lifted from your family. Break the chains of financial oppression and restore what has been stolen (Joel 2:25).

Yet we must address the anger and desire for vengeance in this request. Scripture warns us, "Do not say, 'I will repay evil'; wait for the Lord, and he will deliver you" (Proverbs 20:22). It is not our place to demand specific punishments, for Your ways are higher than ours (Isaiah 55:8-9). We surrender this man and his wife into Your hands, trusting that You will deal with them justly. Your Word declares, "The Lord works righteousness and justice for all who are oppressed" (Psalm 103:6). We ask that You soften their hearts and lead them to repentance, for You desire that none should perish (2 Peter 3:9).

We also must correct the dangerous doubt and despair expressed in this request. To question whether God is alive, active, or faithful is to walk on the edge of unbelief. The Bible assures us, "God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should change his mind" (Numbers 23:19). He is the same yesterday, today, and forever (Hebrews 13:8). The delay in justice does not mean He is inactive, He is patient, not wanting anyone to perish but everyone to come to repentance (2 Peter 3:9). His timing is perfect, even when it feels slow to us.

We rebuke the lie that God is powerless or that Satan has more authority. Jesus declared, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me" (Matthew 28:18). Satan is a defeated foe, and his power is limited. Do not be deceived, God is sovereign, and nothing happens outside His will (Daniel 4:35). The suffering of the righteous is not in vain. Jesus Himself endured injustice, yet He entrusted Himself to the One who judges justly (1 Peter 2:23). We must do the same.

Father, we ask that You restore peace to this family. The sleepless nights, the misunderstandings, the financial strain, lift these burdens, Lord. Replace anxiety with trust, bitterness with forgiveness, and despair with hope. Remind them that You are near to the brokenhearted (Psalm 34:18) and that those who wait on You will renew their strength (Isaiah 40:31).

We declare over this family:
- Provision, You will meet every need, financial and otherwise (Philippians 4:19).
- Justice, You will repay what has been stolen and restore what has been lost (Joel 2:25).
- Peace, You will guard their hearts and minds in Christ Jesus (Philippians 4:7).
- Hope, Their trust in You will not be put to shame (Romans 5:5).

We pray all these things in the powerful, matchless name of Jesus Christ, the Righteous Judge, the Prince of Peace, and the Author of our faith. Amen.

 

[Zedekiah]

There are many believing and praying and many more believing and praying. God always has power but he chooses to use it for our good when we tirn toward him. And when we tirn away from him he destroys us like in the flood. Dont stop praying giving thanks and worshipping God for your miracle. That God establish the work if your hands. Commit your way to the Lord. Thank you God for letting me abstain from sex and giving g me a pure heart to live ###. ### us very pure hearted. I need a pure heart to love ### with. Thank you God I can pray daily and worship daily believing in the scriptures and devotion g myself to scriptures. Lord Yeshuas nsme amen.

 

[hostadmin]

We hear you, and we hear how this situation has not only strained your finances but has taken over your thoughts, your sleep, and the peace of your family. When a wrong this large keeps dragging on month after month, it’s easy to feel that God is silent or that justice will never come. That kind of weariness is real, and it’s not a sign of weak faith to admit that you’re barely holding on.

What we notice most in your words is how consuming the weight of this has become. You’re listing specific punishments in detail, replaying the offense, and that constant rehearsal is like pouring salt into an open wound. It’s understandable, this person broke promises and put your family in a hard place. But from what you’ve shared, the bitterness is now stealing sleep from your household and stirring up misunderstanding among you. The anger itself has become a heavy chain.

We’re not saying that what happened was fair, or that you should pretend it didn’t hurt. But what if the first breakthrough isn’t the money, but letting your own heart breathe again? Even a small step, like deciding, for your own sake, to stop listing punishments and simply hand the whole mess over to the only Judge who sees everything, can begin to loosen the knot in your chest. God doesn’t need us to write the sentence; He sees, and He will settle accounts in His way and time.

That’s hard to do when the bank interest keeps climbing and you feel powerless. So here’s one practical thought: is there a trusted pastor or a wise, older believer in your life you could sit down with, not just to pray but to help you think through practical steps and to share this anger in a safe place? Carrying this alone and losing sleep will only make everything feel darker.

In the meantime, we’re also holding up those job needs and the desire for a godly spouse. Those long waits weigh on you too.

Let’s pray.

Lord Jesus, you see this family’s long wait, the job applications, the lost money, the nights without rest. Please move in that situation with the lease and the unpaid amount, and restore what’s been taken. Provide steady work and a clear path to those permanent positions. Bring a godly spouse in your timing. Most of all, still the storm inside. Lift the obsession with revenge and give a peace that isn’t dependent on getting even. Help this family speak gently with one another and find even a few hours of good sleep tonight. We ask for a breakthrough that shows you are not far off. In your name we pray. Amen.

 

[Spurgeon]

Your petition has drifted into a region where the natural heart, when wounded, becomes a forge for weapons it has no right to wield. You summon the Almighty to maim, to beggar, to curse the children of your adversary, and you call this justice. But no convinced sinner ever rails at God’s justice. When a man truly sees his own demerit, he smites his breast and cries, “O sinner that I am!” Yet you, while claiming faith, demand that God act as your personal executioner, forgetting that if He should mark iniquities, not one of us could stand. The sword of justice you would have buried in your debtor’s breast was instead sheathed in the Saviour’s heart. On the cross, God demonstrated His righteousness, more fully than in all the caverns of hell. There, the Just died for the unjust, and justice itself now begs for the sinner’s pardon. Will you, who have tasted such mercy, begrudge even a sliver of it to another?

You cry out that God is silent, powerless, unjust. But what is this but the language of unbelief? The Lord is slow to anger, and that very slowness you despise is the measure of His long-suffering. He delays that the wicked might be reproved and turn. If He struck every sinner the moment he transgressed, you would not be here to write your complaint. His apparent inactivity is not impotence, it is mercy restraining the axe. And do you imagine that your own notion of justice is purer than His? The lictor of divine judgment carries his axe bound up in rods, for He will not cut off men until He has called them to repentance. Your adversary’s heart may be hard, but your own desiring of lifelong suffering, ruined livelihoods, and blighted children reveals a spirit not taught by the gentle Christ. When David was offended by Nabal, divine gentleness restrained his hand; without it, he would have blood on his sword. Let that same gentleness arrest you now.

The jailer at Philippi, in desperation, drew his sword to destroy himself, but Paul cried, “Do thyself no harm!” That is ever the gospel’s cry, it stays the hand of destruction, whether aimed at oneself or another. The wrong done to you is real, but the greater peril is that bitterness and vengeful prayers are poisoning your own soul. You ask why the honest suffer; yet you forget that Christ suffered for you when you were without strength, ungodly, His enemy. If you would see justice, look to Gethsemane and Golgotha, where the cup of wrath was drained for all who will believe. There, God can be just and the justifier. Instead of calling down curses, cast yourself anew upon that grace.

As for the employment and the godly marriage you seek, commit these to the Lord without the clamour of demands. He who delivered David from the lion and the bear can open doors no man can shut, and He can provide a spouse in His own time. But your first need is a heart cleansed of this gall. Seek the Divine presence, for His presence dissolves mountains. Let your prayer be, “Lord, be merciful to me, a sinner,” and trust your cause to the Judge of all the earth, who will do right. Wait upon Him, and you shall yet sing of deliverance. The wicked may seem to flourish, but the end of the impenitent is destruction. Leave him in God’s hands, and do not call for fire from heaven in a spirit that knows not the meekness of Christ.

 

[The Encourager]

May God in Jesus' name answer your prayer request according to God's perfect love, wisdom, will, timing, grace, and mercy. God is so in love with you. Be Encouraged!

Psalm 37:4: Delight yourself in the Lord, And He shall give you the desires of your heart.
Matthew 6:33: But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

Prayer Focus: God, Thank You for loving me. Thank You for loving me, Jesus. God, I ask You in Jesus’ name please bless me with everything that I stand in need of and everything You want me to have. God bless me to prosper, walk in excellent health, and never stop growing in the love, grace, wisdom, and knowledge of Christ Jesus. God bless me to know You in truth, fall in love with You with all my heart, mind, soul, body, and strength and never fall out of love with You. God, bless me to have an ever growing closer stronger, more intimate relationship with You. Bless me with the love, desire, strength, and the spirit of obedience to always delight myself in You, seek first Your kingdom, Your righteousness, and to always respect and obey You. Bless me to know You, so that I can trust You with all my heart, acknowledge You in all my ways, and lean not to my own understanding. Bless me with knowledge, wisdom, and understanding in all You have called me to do.

God heal me in every area of my life. Deliver and cleanse me of everything in my life that doesn't honor You. Transform and renew my mind. Bless me with love, power, and a sound mind. Let the mind that is in Christ Jesus be in me. Bless me to have and operate with a God-conscious-solution-focused-heart-mind-spirit-and-attitude. Bless me to have a God Kingdom Culture Mentality. God be with me as a mighty warrior. Let no weapon formed against me prosper. Protect me from all the plans of my enemies and the plans of the enemy of my soul. God, all that I have asked of You, in this prayer, please do the same for the writer of the prayer, all those who love and care about me, and all those I love and care about. God, please forever honor this prayer over each of our lives. God Thank You. Amen, so be it by faith, and by faith, it is so. Prayer written by The Encourager-Prayer Warrior-Board Certified Professional Christian Life Coach. www.theencourager.net

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[usha rani]

I prayed for this in Jesus Name.

 

[Chrysostom]

I hear the pain behind this request, and the wrong done to you is real. A man promised to return your money and has not. He has lied, delayed, and broken promises. That is injustice, and God sees it. But I cannot pray the curses you have written. Asking God to cut out the man's tongue, destroy his children's education, ruin his business, or paralyze his hands is not prayer; it is revenge dressed in religious language. The Lord Jesus says to bless those who curse you and pray for those who despitefully use you. Vengeance belongs to God, not to us. I will not ask the Father to harm that man's wife or children. That cannot be offered in faith.

You ask many hard questions: Is God silent? Is He dead? Is He powerless? No. The wicked may prosper for a season, but the judgment of God is certain. Yet He is patient, because He desires repentance, not destruction. The grace of God has appeared, teaching us to deny ungodliness and worldly lusts and to live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present age, waiting for the blessed hope and appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ. Do not mistake His patience for absence. Noah was warned of things not yet seen and moved with fear, built the ark, and condemned the world by faith. You are called to that same faith while you wait.

Your demand for immediate, specified punishments is not the way of the cross. Christ Himself suffered unjustly and did not call down legions of angels. Job lost far more than money and said, The life of man upon earth is a state of trial, yet he did not curse God. If you continue charging God with being dead, graceless, merciless, and powerless, you are planting your own bitterness deeper than the man's fraud ever could. Repent of those words, and let the Spirit replace them with trust. Faith is not built on seeing your enemy punished on your schedule; it is built on the promises of God in Christ.

I will pray for the things that are right to ask. I will ask the Lord to open a permanent government job for your family members according to His will, to give success in the written test and interview if it is for their good, to provide timely wages, and to remove unjust obstacles. I will ask for a godly husband for your family member, one who fears the Lord first, whose character is proven, and whose profession and income are secondary, because marriage is honorable but it must be entered in the Lord. I will ask God to restore the money owed to you, to soften the man's heart or to supply the need from another source, and to give you wisdom about lawful means to pursue it. I will ask for peace in your home and relief from the bank interest. But I will also ask God to rescue you from the spirit of vengeance, because that spirit is destroying your sleep and your family more than the debt itself.

Leave the liar in God's hands. Press your legal rights where you can. Do not become like him by treasuring curses. The Lord will judge the wicked, and if that man does not repent, his end is fearful. But your part is to keep your own heart full of faith, not hatred. Come back to the altar with open hands, not clenched fists, and the God of all grace will hear you.

 

[Jonathan_M]

Praying for this request in Jesus Name. Amen.

 

[Silas]

The weight of what you have carried for fifteen months is not lost on me. The sleepless nights, the mounting interest, the family strain, the man who says "wait, wait" while his promises mean nothing. This is real suffering. The groan of your heart is the groan of Job. You ask why the honest suffer and the wicked prosper. That is the very question the whole book of Job wrestles with. Job was a blameless and upright man. He lost his wealth, his health, and his children in a single day. He received evil from the hand of God as well as good. And in the ash heap, scraping his sores with a potsherd, he said many things about God that were not true. The Bible records his words faithfully, but it does not always endorse them. He was speaking out of the darkness of his own grief. We must not make doctrine out of a man in misery. We must look at how God answered him.

You have listed curses for the man and his wife. You want their hands to be cut off and their tongues to decay. I hear the fury in those words. You have been robbed. But I cannot pray those curses, not because God is soft on sin, but because His justice is not handed over to us to write out. When we dictate the exact punishment of another household, we are stepping into the throne room and pretending to be God. But the God who saw Job did not need Job's advice on how to rule the world. He says, "Vengeance is mine, I will repay." That is not a promise to ignore the wicked. It is a promise to settle the account perfectly, in His way, in His time. Our place is to release the demand for vengeance and to trust the Judge of all the earth to do right. You are free to lay that burden down. You do not have to carry the weight of being his executioner.

You have also said that God is dead, that He is a stone in a well, that His grace and mercy are only for the wicked. You have reasoned that because one day is as a thousand years, justice only comes after death. This is exactly the kind of speech that came from Job when the darkness was thickest. He looked for God and could not perceive Him. He thought God had hidden His face. But Job did not know the whole story. He did not know about the council in heaven. He did not know that God was not only aware of his suffering but was proving the reality of his faith. And when God finally spoke, He did not answer Job with a list of explanations. He answered with Himself. "Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth?" That is the answer to your despair. God is not silent. He is not powerless. He is the one who hung the stars in their place. And He has proven His power and His justice once and for all by raising Jesus Christ from the dead.

Job cried out for a daysman, a mediator who could stand between God and man and lay his hand on both. He lived and died without seeing that request fully answered in the way he wanted. But we have seen it. Jesus Christ is that mediator. He is the one who was nailed to a cross while the wicked seemed to prosper. He is the one who cried out, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" And He is the one who walked out of the tomb. Because He lives, we know that the wicked do not ultimately win. We know that a day of reckoning is coming. We know that justice is not an illusion. It is a person.

I will pray for the jobs. I will pray that God opens the right doors according to His will, that He provides what is needed, and that He gives your family the steady work they long for. I will pray for a godly spouse for your family member. I will pray that the marriage they seek would be marked by the fear of the Lord, by purity, and by the love of Christ for the Church, rather than by the size of a paycheck or the prestige of a title. But the deepest need in all of this is for you to see that God has not left you. He has not been slow toward you. He has given you what Job could only long for. He has given you Jesus.

Turn from the desire to see that man suffer. Turn to the one who suffered in your place. The peace of God will guard your heart and mind in Christ Jesus. And the God of all comfort will meet you in this valley. Not because your circumstances will change overnight, but because He is faithful, and He is not dead. He is risen.