#Wordfortheweek Week 26 #Job

‘My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?’  Psalm 22:1 NKJV

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I was studying the book of Job with some friends recently and it got me reflecting about life’s challenges.

When we go through challenges that seemed never ending, we start asking the question, ‘why is this happening to me?’  Like Job, we would start recounting all our good deeds and righteous acts, how kind and loving we have been to others. We might even start ticking off all the religious acts we have fulfilled to the letter. Why did this happen to me, Lord?

There was no one more righteous and godlier than Job. Yet he went through an experience that we could not even begin to imagine, he lost everything except his life. Friends turned on him, demanding he repented for his sins. Even his wife had no loving words for him.

It is easy to think calamities befall people because of their sin. We could be one of Job’s friends who saw his problem as outcome of some sin he had committed.

The current pandemic has got us praying for mercy and forgiveness of all known and unknown sins. Surely, by the magnitude of the health crisis it must be because of our sins? Are we sure about that?

Of course, with the story of Job we knew why it was happening because we were told at the beginning of the book of Job. So, we know Job’s friends got it wrong. It was not because of his sin but a test.

A lesson for me was that I should not be quick to assume the why of something without first seeking God in prayer.

Job had lived a godly and honourable life; hence he could rightly claim he was righteous. God Himself testified of this. Sometimes we beat ourselves unnecessarily, putting us back into prison of low self-worth. If you have not deliberately continued in sin but are walking in the light, the blood of Jesus continually cleanses you from sin.

Your challenges and trial could be a test for your next level. Do not be quick to judge everything as sin. Rather than questioning God why He allowed it, worship Him. He is Almighty God and unquestionable. Proclaim that you shall yet see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.

#Prayerfortheweek

May the Lord grant me the grace to stand firm in faith even in the midst of the turbulence and challenges of life, may I know that God is still on the Throne. In the name of Jesus. Amen

I pray that this inspires you to reflect on your relationship with Elohim and be determined to be more and do more for Him each day.

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