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)

Look To The Lord For Help

"I lift up my eyes to You, to You whose throne is in heaven ... Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us, for we have endured much contempt." Psalms 123:1-3 (NIV)

We should look to The Lord to mercifully meet our needs. Only He can bring us through all that we endure. We must pray and petition Him to get us out of whatever distressing situation we find ourselves in.

We must continue to exalt Him, and trust in Him, and know that He can help us with every one of our problems.

Being Tried By The Lord Makes Us Better

"The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but The Lord trieth the heart." Proverbs 17:3

Heat makes raw precious metals pure. Being heated to very high temperatures tests and refines silver and gold. Likewise, trials and tribulations make us better people. Our faith is tested and strengthened by the adversity and affliction that we endure.

The things that we go through in life make us stronger. We can be better witnesses for The Lord and have a better testimony after we endure the tests. Whatever He brings us to, He can bring us through. We may not like it while we are in it, but we will be better because of it.

Joy Cometh In The Morning

"Sing unto The Lord, O ye saints of His, and give thanks at the remembrance of His holiness. For His anger endureth but for a moment; in His favour is life; weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning." Psalms 30:4-5


Praise God and be thankful, even when He is giving us the whipping that we deserve or allowing us to go through a test. God does get angry with us at times, but He still loves us. Whatever it is that we are going through, it will only be short-lived. Our current dark midnight situation may cause us to cry, but it is temporary, our joy is coming in the morning.