Wednesday, May 28, 2014

JOB'S STORY TAKES ME ON A JOURNEY

  1. Job chapter 31: 23- 34- has taken me on a journey of questioning my own-self about my suffering without causes. Many times things happen to me and I ask God why? knowing that as a being, I'm doing my endeavor to live right, but the enemy always after me. I believe Job felt that way when he kept questioned himself. Please read the following:
    23 For destruction from God is a terror to me,
    And because of His magnificence I cannot endure.
    24 “If I have made gold my hope,
    Or said to fine gold, ‘You are my confidence’;
    25 If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great,
    And because my hand had gained much;
    26 If I have observed the sun[c] when it shines,
    Or the moon moving in brightness,
    27 So that my heart has been secretly enticed,
    And my mouth has kissed my hand;
    28 This also would be an iniquity deserving of judgment,
    For I would have denied God who is above.
    29 “If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him who hated me,
    Or lifted myself up when evil found him
    30 (Indeed I have not allowed my mouth to sin
    By asking for a curse on his soul);
    31 If the men of my tent have not said,
    ‘Who is there that has not been satisfied with his meat?’
    32 (But no sojourner had to lodge in the street,
    For I have opened my doors to the traveler[d]);
    33 If I have covered my transgressions as Adam,
    By hiding my iniquity in my bosom,
    34 Because I feared the great multitude,
    And dreaded the contempt of families,
    So that I kept silence
    Sometimes in our suffering we have to stop complaining and allow God to do his job.

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