EVEN YOUR MATE MAY TRY TO TURN YOU AGAINST GOD

PROCLAMATION

“His wife said to him, ‘Are you still maintaining your integrity?  Curse God and die!’  He replied, ‘You are talking like a foolish woman.  Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?’  In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.”  Job 2:9-10 (NIV)

EXPLANATION

The Lord God told Satan, when he again presented himself before Him, that Job maintained his integrity even though you took all that he had and tried to ruin him. (Job 2:3)  Satan replied that if his flesh and bones were affected, then he would curse God. (Job 2:4-5)  The Lord God then gave Satan permission to attack Job’s health but not take his life. (Job 2:6)  Job was afflicted with painful sores from the top of his head to the soles of his feet.  Satan even used Job’s wife to get him to turn against God, but he would not curse The Lord God. (Job 2:7-10)

APPLICATION

When times are bad and we feel like everything is going against us, we need to be careful about the advice we receive even from our loved ones.  They may mean well but they may have very selfish motives.  The Lord God will never leave us or forsake us. (Hebrews 13:5)  We may be going through a storm, but He will be with us in the midst of the storm.  We just need to go through it, persevere, and endure, (Matthew 10:22) and keep the faith because our joy is coming. (Psalm 30:5)  We should look to Him who is our help, (Psalm 121:1) and if we keep our focus on Him, we will not sink. (Matthew 14:28-31)  Peter did not sink until he took his eyes off of Jesus, The Christ, and began to focus on the storm.  Blessed is the man who endures, for when he is tried, he shall receive a crown that The Lord God has promised. (James 1:12)