what can we learn from the book of Job
about having faith during hard times
it's time to unlearn the lies hey
welcome to unlearn my name is Lex and
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get started as you can probably tell by
my croaky voice I've been fighting
bronchitis and all the coughing is
pulled out one of my ribs out of place
assignment a lot of pain right now on
top of that my truck is broken down and
it's going to cost a lot of money to get
it fixed I know these things don't
compare it all to the struggles of
job-based but it got me thinking about
him the story of job starts off with an
interesting accusation the Satan makes
against God he claims that job only
worships him because of the benefits he
receives from God and if God would take
everything away job would turn against
him so Satan answered the Lord has said
does job fear God for nothing have you
not made a hedge around him around his
household and around all that he has on
every side you have blessed the work of
his hands and his possessions have
increased in the land but now stretch
out your hand and touch all that he has
and he will surely curse you to your
face
people often ask the question why does
God allow bad things to happen to good
people
and although job seems to be asking that
same question he never really gets an
answer but what it does give us is much
more valuable it tells us what to do
when we experience hard times job was a
righteous man who did nothing to deserve
the suffering he faced yet he lost all
of his children all of his livestock and
all of his wealth but through it all he
never cursed God in fact listen to what
he did after his children died then job
arose tore his robe and shaved his head
and he fell to the ground and worshiped
and he said naked I came from my
mother's womb and make it I shall return
there the Lord give and the Lord has
taken away blessed be the name of the
Lord in all this
job did not sin nor charge God with any
wrong when we face terrible tragedies in
life do we respond as job did or do we
start making accusations against God I
can't even imagine how terrible it would
be to lose even one of my children let
alone all of them at once yet in the
midst of morning jobs response was the
Lord gives and the Lord takes away
blessed be the name of the Lord he
continued to praise God even when he
lost all of his children you probably
heard the expression at least you still
have your health which is often used to
consult someone who is facing hard times
however in chapter 2 we see that even
his health was taken away from him
once again Satan came to God with the
accusation that job only remains
faithful because he still has his health
and if God would take that away job
would turn against him so Satan answered
the Lord and said skin for skin yes all
that a man has he will give for his life
but stretch out your hand now and touch
his bone and his flesh and he will
surely curse you to your face so God
allowed Satan to attack job health
giving the painful sores all over his
entire body and it was so bad that even
his wife God he should curse God but
listen how job responds then his wife
said to him do you still hold fast to
your integrity curse God and die but he
said to her you speak as one of the
foolish women speaks shall we indeed
accept good from God and shall we not
accept adversity in all of this job did
not sin with his lips there's so much
wisdom in job's words shall we accept
good from God and not adversity the Lord
gives and the Lord takes away blessed be
the name of the Lord
remember that Satan's accusation was
against God saying does job worship you
for nothing claiming that job only
worshipped God because of the benefits
he received from him so my question to
you is do you worship God for nothing do
you worship Him simply because he is
worthy of our praise or do you worship
Him for the benefits he gives you if he
never did another good thing for you
could you still less as
the lesson where we're safe from job is
that God is always worthy of our praise
no matter what struggles we face I hope
this message is encouraging to you as it
was to me now it's your turn if you
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