Job had a childlike trust in God. This simple trust enabled him to proclaim when he had lost everything he owned - “Naked I came from my mother’s womb,and naked I will depart.The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; may the name of the Lord be praised.”
When the devil again attacked Job with sores all over his body, His wife said to him, “Are you still maintaining your integrity? Curse God and die!”He replied, “You are talking like a foolish
woman. Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?”In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.
Job trusted God and was ready for His Will, even in the toughest of situations. He did not understand why all the bad things had befallen him, he still maintained his ways before God, in other words, he argued his case before God - tried to reason with God. However, in all of this, he did not question God's goodness or Saving grace. He acknowledged His Sovereignty, and declared his trust in God, in spite of all his woes.
Do we sing God's praises only when things are rosy? Are we willing to trust God even though we walk through the valley of the shadow of death? Can we sing to God and worship Him in prison like Paul and Silas? Can we take strokes on our body for the sake of the Gospel? Are we ready to endure persecution simply because we serve God?
Are we serving God because of what we can get from Him? Are we after the blessing or after God, the giver of the blessing?
Think on these!
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