Yet Will I Trust Him

A 15-minute family or class lesson for ages 8–11

0–1 min  |  Setup

Cue up "Yet Will I Trust Him," gather the kids close, do intros. Then say: "Today we're going to learn about a man who lost everything he had in one single day, but never lost his faith in God."

1–4 min  |  Tell the Story (before watching)

Job was one of the richest and most faithful men alive — huge flocks of sheep, camels, oxen, donkeys, lots of servants, and ten children he loved. Then, almost all in one day, four messengers ran up to him, one right after another:

• First: Raiders attacked and stole all his oxen and donkeys.
• Second: Lightning struck and burned up all his sheep.
• Third: More raiders stole all his camels.
• Fourth (the hardest one): All ten of his children were together eating a meal when a huge windstorm hit the house from all sides at once, and it collapsed. All ten of them died.

Later, Job's own health broke down too — he became covered in painful sores. His friends came to sit with him, which was kind at first, but then they told him he must have done something wrong to deserve it. That wasn't true, and it made things worse.

Ask: "If all of that happened to you in one day, what do you think you'd feel like?" (Let a few kids answer quickly — don't linger.)

Then say: "In the middle of all that pain, Job said something incredible — not that he understood why, but that he still trusted God. That's what this song is about."

4–8 min  |  Watch "Yet Will I Trust Him"

8–12 min  |  Discuss (pick 2–3)

• Job said, "Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him." That means "even if the worst happens, I'll still trust God." Why do you think that's hard to say and mean?
• Job's friends thought bad things only happen to bad people. Was that true for Job? How do we know?
• What's something you already know about God — not just something you hope is true, but something you actually know — that could help you feel steady if something hard happened?
• Job said, "I know that my Redeemer liveth" — meaning he knew Jesus Christ was alive and would help him, even before anything got better. What's the difference between trusting God after things get better versus trusting Him before they do?

12–14 min  |  Scripture Close

Read Job 19:25–26 together, maybe with each kid reading a verse:

25 For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:
26 And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God.

Point out: Job said this while he was still sitting in ashes, still covered in sores, before anything was fixed. His trust came first.

14–15 min  |  Closing Thought

"Job never got a full explanation for why all those things happened. What he got instead was a stronger friendship with God. He learned that even when we don't understand why hard things happen, we can still trust the One who does. Yet will we trust Him — even before we get our answers."