Scripture:
“But Job replied, “You talk like a foolish woman. Should we accept only good things from the hand of God and never anything bad?” So in all this, Job said nothing wrong.” Job 2:10 NLT
Observation:
When Job’s life began to fall apart, his wife told him to curse God and die. He replied to her saying she was talking like a foolish woman. He asked her if we should only accept good from the hand of God and never bad. He was willing to received from God whatever God had for him, whether good or bad.’
Application:
It is easy to submit to God when everything is easy and when He is blessing us incredibly. Job understood like almost nobody else just how awesome God blesses his people. He was a blessed man in every way. He was prosperous and lost it all. It seems like today we want the good things God offers, but don’t want everything God offers. God needs some people who are more like Job in that, whether God blesses them or if everything they have falls apart, they will follow God and obey Him. We must learn to be like Paul who said he knew how to have nothing and how to have everything. He wasn’t different in the good times than he was in the bad times.
Prayer:
Father, let me have unswerving faith in You and Your word. Help me to accept what You have for me and to follow You, no matter what the cost. Teach me to follow You, when it is easy and when it is not. Help me to endure well the struggles I must go through. Help me to walk with You in every season of life.
Yours,
Jeff
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