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Thoughts on Job

In my walk through the Bible I just finished reading Job. For those who don't know, Job is the tale of a righteous man named Job who, despite being unblemished under the law was attacked by the Devil as a test of Job's faith in the Lord. Everything except his wife is taken from him - his children, home, cattle, everything. This is followed up by his body covered in awful sores.

Job is then approached by some of his friends who come to comfort him. How do they comfort him? Tell Job that he must have done something wrong and that the Lord is punishing his wrongdoings. That was not the case. The Lord was testing Job to confirm that he would not reject the Lord, even in his suffering. He had opportunity to - his wife even asked him to do so so that he could just end his pain. He never did.

Job's story reminds me of the words of Christ in Matthew 5:45:

So that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. For He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.

Focus on the second half of that verse. Good things happen to the good and the bad. Bad things happen to the good and the bad alike. Job did understand this in Job 2:10:

“You speak as a foolish woman speaks,” he told her. “Should we accept only good from God and not adversity?” Throughout all this Job did not sin in what he said.

Ignoring his blunt comment to his wife, Job understood that we must accept all that the Lord provides, the good and the bad. As Christ said - good and bad happen to us all. Job accepted this simple truth. It is a difficult truth to learn, to accept the good and the bad from the Lord. I know we all have trouble with this throughout our lives. Job provides an excellent example.

Again, I ask all Christians to join me in reading the Bible cover to cover.

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