‘In all this Job did not sin nor charge God with wrong.’
Job 1:22
I’m learning.
And.
God.
Has been.
Faithful.
In.
Teaching me.
To.
Bless.
His name.
At.
All times!
This morning.
I started.
Reading.
Job.
And.
I noticed.
How.
He blessed.
The name.
Of.
The Lord.
After.
He lost.
Everything!
‘Then Job arose, tore his robe, and shaved his head; and he fell to the ground and worshiped. And he said: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, And naked shall I return there. The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; Blessed be the name of the Lord .”’
Job 1:20-21
This word.
Is.
So.
Humbling.
Because.
First.
I’ve.
Never.
Experienced.
Anything.
Close.
To.
What.
Happened.
To.
Job.
‘While he was still speaking, another also came and said, “Your sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house, and suddenly a great wind came from across the wilderness and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell on the young people, and they are dead; and I alone have escaped to tell you!”’
Job 1:18-19
Second.
I can’t.
Truthfully.
Say.
I would.
Have.
Blessed.
The Lord’s.
Name.
Afterwards.
Look.
As I.
Draw.
Closer.
To.
Christ.
Each day.
I’m learning.
How.
To.
Respond.
When.
Adversity.
And.
Affliction.
Come.
My way!
The word.
Clearly.
Tells.
Us.
That.
We.
Will.
Experience.
Trouble.
In.
Our.
Lives.
And.
Even.
Though.
We.
Strive.
Daily.
To.
Get it.
Right.
With.
Christ.
It.
Doesn’t.
Exempt.
Us.
From.
Experiencing.
Trouble.
Hurt.
Or.
Lost!
‘Many are the afflictions of the righteous, But the Lord delivers him out of them all.’
Psalms 34:19
However.
Job.
Is.
Giving.
Us.
An.
Example.
Of.
How.
To.
Respond.
When.
Trouble.
Comes.
Our.
Way!
Ultimately.
What.
I do.
Know.
Is.
God.
Will.
Be.
My.
Refuge.
In.
Times.
Of.
Need!
‘God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble.’
Psalms 46:1
Therefore.
I will.
Cry.
Out.
To.
Him!
When.
Adversity.
And.
Affliction.
Come.
My way!
I pray.
That you.
Use.
This word.
And.
Bless.
The name.
Of.
The Lord.
The.
Next.
Time.
You.
Experience.
Adversity.
And.
Affliction.
In.
Your.
Life!
I love you!
And.
I pray your day is blessed!
