Jeff Bridges

The story of Job is that one day God and Satan are having a conversation, and they’re saying, “Have you checked out Job? I’m really proud of Job. He believes in me and he trusts me so much, and he has such great faith in me.” And Satan is like, “I bet I can change his mind.” And so Satan systematically destroys Job’s life. Takes away his wife his children, all his material possessions. What follows is this ongoing conversation between Job and his friends about, why does this happen? Why does God allow this to happen? Only then does God speak up and say, “You’re going to question me?! Who are you?” My point is, sometimes when we ask the why in the face of profound evil, I kind of wonder if what we’re doing is that we’re daring God to show himself. And I think what we want out of the why is meaning to life, to reveal itself in a way that restores order and gives us hope that all of this isn’t just meaningless chaos.