Verse from Job

““Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation? Tell me, if you understand.”

‭‭Job‬ ‭38:4‬ ‭

Why do humans more quickly see what's wrong than what's right? We are more likely to remember rudeness than kindness. Crimes seem to receive more attention than acts of generosity. And disasters grab our attention more quickly than the profound beauty all around us.

But then many of us are the same way with God. We tend to focus on what He hasn't done rather than on what He has, on what we don't have rather than on what we have, on the situations that He has not yet resolved rather than on the many He has.

In the book of Job, after years of experiencing prosperity, Job suffered a series of disasters. Suddenly those became the focus of his life and conversations. Finally, God intervened and asked Job some hard questions, reminding him of His sovereignty and of everything Job didn't know and hadn't seen (Job 38–40).

Whenever we start focusing on the negative, we can stop and consider the life of Job, and take notice of all the wonders God has done and continues to do.