- 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.
Wednesday, May 28, 2014
JOB'S STORY TAKES ME ON A JOURNEY
Labels:
affliction,
bitterness,
brightness,
disappointments,
pain,
Questions,
sadness
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