Confidence and Hope

Scripture:

Job 4:6 "Doesn't your reverence for God give you confidence? Doesn't your life of integrity give you hope?"

Observation:

Eliphaz, one of Job's friends, comes to him when he has lost everything and had sores all over his body with a message. Job really just wants to die and his friend comes by with some good words. He ssys, "Doesn't your reverence for God give you confidence and your life of integrity give you hope?" He has seen Job's life and knows that Job is a man of integrity. He also knows that a man of integrity usually feels confidence and hope because he knows he is living right and that God is with him.

Application:

Our right living and integrity should give us confidence and hope when thigns are difficult for us. We should have an inner peace knowing God is our father and we are in His hands of mercy and grace. Right living produces confidence and hope. When you are doing right and living the way God wants you to, you have hope because you know your relationshi with God is strong. This doesn't guarantee, as in Job's case, that nothing will go wrong, but it shuold help us as we go through tough times.

Prayer:

Lord, I want to live a life that is pleasing to You. I want to know that our relationship is great and receive confidence and hope as a result. Help me live in integrity and be the man you want me to be. You are amazing!

Jeff