TODAY’S SCRIPTURE: The Lord said to Satan, “Where have you come from? ” Satan answered the Lord, “From roaming throughout the earth, going back and forth on it.” Then the Lord said to Satan, “ Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil.” “Does Job fear God for nothing? ” Satan replied. ” Have you not put a hedge around him and his household and everything he has? You have blessed the work of his hands, so that his flocks and herds are spread throughout the land. But now stretch out your hand and strike everything he has, and he will surely curse you to your face.” Job 1:7-11(NIV)
TODAYS MESSAGE: So, Satan was given power to go out and cause complete chaos in Job’s life. Suddenly from a life that had been completely blessed by the Lord God, Job’s life went to one of living in the remains of what once was. He lost all of his oxen and donkeys, his sheep and servants. He lost his camels and all of his sons and daughters. Yet through all of this disaster he still praised his God in heaven. Job even became subject to losing his own health. He had every reason to curse God and begin feeling sorry for himself, yet he did not. He continued to believe and bless God with his faith and praises. We have all been through struggles in our lives. We lose loved ones, we lose jobs, homes and many other things that the Lord has blessed us with. We must remember the famous verse in Job 1:21, “The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away: blessed be the name of the Lord.” Our lives will not always be full of sugar plums and fairy tales. We will not have the perfect protected life we hope for. Things happen and we must get through them. I will say that without faith it becomes extremely difficult to survive. Without faith we are subject to becoming angry and holding onto grudges. We are subject to unforgiveness in our lives and never allowing peace to settle in ever again. The next time a trauma hits your life, remember Job. Remember his strength and the faith he displayed in his life. He never gave up on his God in heaven and neither should we! PRAISE THE LORD IN ALL THINGS!
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