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. (Job 2:9, 10 NIV84)
Job lost it all. First his material possessions. But even worse he lost his family as all his children died and hi wife gives up and encourages Job to sin and curse God so this suffering would end.
Job is a difficult book to read if you hold on to a gospel of prosperity believing God always gives us what we want or always good things.
How do we respond in trouble?
Do we still believe God is good?
What if you lost all your closest family?
Those are tough questions. I don't want to face them. But it really brings up the question: is Jesus enough?
Or do we really believe Jesus is enough when he blessed us?
Is Jesus sacrifice enough if here and now we lose it all, if we are alone and lost and hungry?
Lord you are both sovereign and savior! Remind me of your greatness and my smallness. Yet remind me of your great love and your death on a cross. I want to believe in my heart that the cross is enough Jesus. But my faith is small and I desire prosperity. Lord change my heart!
Amen
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