January 6

The very difficult passage of Job started today. The why question will not be totally settled until the day we get to ask Jesus face to face about it, or maybe we will run into Job himself and ask him, but until then, we can only learn (which may be one of the answers to the why).

First we must see that Job was protected because of God’s hand. We too are protected because of God’s hand. Second we see that the destruction came at the hand of satan and NOT God. The destruction of everything came because God took His hand of protection away from Job. Third and most importantly was the example of Job’s reaction – this cannot be missed or understated! He determined the proper response to the suffering was worship. He came close to God! His wife had the other response – curse God. Also notice that it was his integrity that she said that he had to lose before he could curse God. Think about that.

We know there is suffering in this world and we will surely experience it in our life time. Will it bring us toward God or push us away from God? It really is our decision you know. If our heart is toward God, we will come to God, however, if our heart is toward God only to “get” (receive blessing), then we will be mad at God and even curse Him when trouble comes. It’s time for a heart check!