reading in Job
Reading in Job this week I was reminded of how much of our lives are played out in the unknown. We wake in the morning not knowing what the future holds. We have plans for the day but often it doesn't go as planned. Job got up one morning as usual to pray to God and take his place among the elite in town. But his world was completely turned upside down when he lost all of his wealth and his ten children in one day.
Job didn't know why. He knew it was brought about by the hand of a sovereign God but the question remained, "why". It made no sense to him. But we get to see behind the scenes, as God in His infinite wisdom knew we would need this book to help us make sense of life.
We can read the narrative of God and satan having a conversation about Job.
By reading our bible we see that there is a very real spiritual world in which we as humans cannot see. Only on rare occasions does anyone get a glimpse of this. 1st Peter 5:8 tells us that the devil is like a roaring lion looking for anyone he can devour. The book of Jude tells of a battle between Michael the archangel and satan over the bones of Moses. In Matthew 4 we see how the devil tempts Jesus, and in Hebrews 13 we are instructed to be kind to strangers because they may be angels in disguise. Daniel chapter 10 let's us and him know that God heard his prayer speedily but the answer was delayed due to a spiritual battle going on.
The beautiful thing we learn from the book of Job is that God is sovereign over everything, even over the devil, as he has to ask permission from God to smite Job. And we get a great picture of God when we read chapters 38-39. It is Job that tells us in chapter 19 that our Redeemer lives and we will get to see Him.
So, when our plans don't go as planned, when the world becomes very challenging and the devil wants to eat our lunch so to speak, just pick up your bible. It's in the bible we read of how much God loves us and that He has the final say. Jesus said in Matthew 16:33 " in the world you will have tribulation, but be of good cheer I have overcome the world."
Pastor Randy
Job didn't know why. He knew it was brought about by the hand of a sovereign God but the question remained, "why". It made no sense to him. But we get to see behind the scenes, as God in His infinite wisdom knew we would need this book to help us make sense of life.
We can read the narrative of God and satan having a conversation about Job.
By reading our bible we see that there is a very real spiritual world in which we as humans cannot see. Only on rare occasions does anyone get a glimpse of this. 1st Peter 5:8 tells us that the devil is like a roaring lion looking for anyone he can devour. The book of Jude tells of a battle between Michael the archangel and satan over the bones of Moses. In Matthew 4 we see how the devil tempts Jesus, and in Hebrews 13 we are instructed to be kind to strangers because they may be angels in disguise. Daniel chapter 10 let's us and him know that God heard his prayer speedily but the answer was delayed due to a spiritual battle going on.
The beautiful thing we learn from the book of Job is that God is sovereign over everything, even over the devil, as he has to ask permission from God to smite Job. And we get a great picture of God when we read chapters 38-39. It is Job that tells us in chapter 19 that our Redeemer lives and we will get to see Him.
So, when our plans don't go as planned, when the world becomes very challenging and the devil wants to eat our lunch so to speak, just pick up your bible. It's in the bible we read of how much God loves us and that He has the final say. Jesus said in Matthew 16:33 " in the world you will have tribulation, but be of good cheer I have overcome the world."
Pastor Randy
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