Scripture of the Day
Job 2:7-10 (NIV)
“Days Like This”
So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD and afflicted Job with painful sores from the soles of his feet to the top of his head. Then Job took a piece of broken pottery and scraped himself with it as he sat among the ashes. His wife said to him, “Are you still holding on to 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.
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We don’t have to think very far back on “Days Like This” The bible is full of these kinds of days for all kinds of people (just and unjust)! I can remember one of those first of many “Days Like This!” I was a teenager and it seemed like everything was against me and my back was up against a brick wall. I went home and plopped down on the sofa next to my grandmother and begin to tell her about all the issues, backstabbing, let downs and upsets that was happening in my day. And after I got finished with all of it, she looked at me and said, “Baby, there will always be Days Like This” Then she asked me a question, “How long are you going to listen to the enemy?” Of course I did not understand what she was saying then, but I fully understand it now!
Satan wanted Job to lash out at GOD! I don’t know if it was out of love, or frustration, but Job’s wife wanted him to lash out at GOD. I’m sure she felt that death would be better than the pain he was going through! I’m sure some of us have had those days when we thought death would be better than the pain we were going through! But Job held on to his integrity and would not listen to the enemy! See the enemy was not his wife, it is the doubt that sets in our mind that makes us feel like dying! Satan doesn’t care how or why we give up . . . he just wants us to give up! Keep your integrity and accept the “Days Like This”
Just as there are some bad days in your life, there is always good days in the LORD! Job continued to believe in GOD through it all! So just keep on believing! When my grandmother asked that question . . . I got up off the sofa and continued on with my day! Days Like This, will come again . . . but how long are you going to listen to the enemy?
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