I think the link below is
quite good in explaining the issue of suffering. It lets us know
that God is sovereign and in control no matter what it
happens.
http://www.desiringgod.org/ResourceLibrary/Sermons/ByDate/1985/497_Job_Reverent_in_Suffering/
Three Personal Implications
1. Let us join with Job and affirm with all our hearts the absolute
sovereignty of God.
Let us say with the psalmist (115:3), "Our God is in the heavens;
he does whatever he pleases." Let us say with Daniel (4:35), "He
does according to his will in the host of heaven and among the
inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay his hand or say to him,
'What doest thou?'" Let us make the absolute sovereignty of God the
rock on which we build our lives and our church.
2. Let your tears flow freely when your calamity comes.
"Job arose, rent his robe, and shaved his head, and fell upon his
face" (1:20). The sobs of grief and pain are not the sign of
unbelief. Job knows nothing of a flippant, insensitive, superficial
"Praise God anyhow" response to suffering. The magnificence of his
worship is because it was in grief, not because it replaced grief.
Let your tears flow freely when your calamity comes. And let the
rest of us weep with those who weep.
3. Trust in the goodness of God, and let him be your treasure and
your joy.
Even if God had let Satan take Job's life, we know what Job would
have said. He would have said Psalm 63:3, "The steadfast love of
the Lord is better than life."
When your calamity comes, may the Lord give you the grace to affirm
the sovereignty of God, let your tears flow freely, and let God
himself be your treasure and your joy. Amen.