Come Follow Me for Teens: "Yet Will I Trust in Him" (Job)
“Yet Will I Trust in Him”
This week’s Come Follow Me for Teens episode studies the book of Job and explores why faithful people still experience suffering, how Jesus Christ can give us strength during life’s storms, and how trials can refine our faith and character.
Job is introduced as a righteous and upright man, yet in a short period of time he loses his possessions, children, health, and much of the support around him. His story challenges the idea that suffering is always punishment and helps teens understand that mortality is a place of testing, agency, opposition, growth, and faith.
We study Job’s powerful declaration:
“For I know that my redeemer liveth.”
Even when Job could not understand why everything was happening, he chose to focus on what he still knew about Jesus Christ. We connect this with Peter walking on the water and discuss how focusing on the Savior does not always remove the storm, but can give us peace and strength while we are still passing through it.
Finally, we study Job’s testimony:
“When he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.”
Through Job, Joseph Smith in Liberty Jail, Francis Webster and the handcart pioneers, and personal experiences shared in the episode, we explore how adversity can deepen faith, increase compassion, strengthen character, and help us become more like Jesus Christ.
The book of Job does not promise that every question will be answered immediately or every trial will quickly disappear. It teaches that God knows the way we take, Christ can strengthen us through what we cannot yet solve, and faithful suffering does not have to be wasted.
“Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him.”
Job — “Yet Will I Trust in Him”
This week’s Come Follow Me for Teens Study & Teaching Guide helps teens and those who teach them explore some of the most difficult—and most important—questions raised in the book of Job.
Why do bad things happen to good people? How do we continue trusting God when life does not seem fair? And how can Jesus Christ use the trials we never would have chosen to refine our faith and help us become something stronger?
This guide focuses on three powerful principles:
“And While He Was Yet Speaking, There Came Also Another …” — Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People?
Job is introduced as a righteous and upright man, yet in a remarkably short period of time he loses his possessions, livelihood, children, and eventually his health.
His story challenges the assumption that suffering is always punishment and helps youth understand an important purpose of mortality: life is a test.
Through Job, Abraham 3, Doctrine and Covenants 98, and teachings from modern prophets, teens will explore agency, opposition, mortal testing, unanswered tragedy, and the strength Jesus Christ provides when we face things we cannot immediately solve.
Sometimes faith changes the storm. Sometimes faith gives us the strength to survive it.
“For I Know That My Redeemer Liveth”
By Job 19, nearly everything in Job’s life seems to have gone wrong. He feels forgotten, misunderstood, physically broken, and alone.
Yet in the middle of his suffering he declares:
“For I know that my redeemer liveth.”
This principle connects Job’s testimony with Peter walking on the water and helps teens recognize the difference between focusing only on the wind and waves of life and deliberately turning their attention toward Jesus Christ.
The storm may still be present, but Christ can give peace, strength, direction, and hope while we are still passing through it.
“I Shall Come Forth as Gold”
Job could not always perceive what God was doing, but he trusted that God could see him:
“He knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.”
This principle explores how trials can become refining experiences in the hands of Jesus Christ.
Through Job, Joseph Smith in Liberty Jail, the imagery of the refiner’s fire, the experience of Francis Webster and the handcart pioneers, and a personal story of a missionary accident that changed the direction of an entire life, teens will consider how adversity can deepen faith, increase compassion, strengthen character, and help us become more like the Savior.
The lesson carefully distinguishes between saying that God causes every painful experience and believing that Jesus Christ can redeem, consecrate, and bring growth from anything mortality brings.
Inside This Guide
Full background for the week
3 readiness / object lesson ideas
3 complete teaching principles
Exact scripture blocks and recommended verses
Discovery questions
7–10 journal and discussion questions per principle
Expanded teacher-friendly teaching sections
Extended teachings and quotes from Church leaders
Personal testimony and experience prompts
Application questions and weekly actions
Christ-centered connections throughout
A ready-to-use “Teach This in 25 Minutes” lesson path
Designed For
Parents teaching teens at home, Youth Sunday School teachers, Young Men and Young Women leaders, seminary-style family discussions, teens studying independently, and anyone who wants a deeper Come Follow Me lesson without starting from scratch.
This week’s guide helps youth understand that faithful people still experience storms—but they do not have to face them alone.
Jesus Christ can strengthen us through what we cannot currently solve, give us peace while the storm is still present, and refine us through adversity until we can say with Job:
“Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him.”
Weekly teaching resources for both Come Follow Me and For the Strength of Youth—without hours of prep.
