STORMS
OF LIFE: Devotion for Friday September 16, 2016
Text:
Job 1:13 – 19 Memory
verse: Job 1 verse 19
Storm when used as a noun or verb is always in
the negative. It means violent weather, outburst of feelings, attack
vehemently, etc. From creation, Man had experienced all forms of storm of life.
Because it is always in the negative, people use the term to express problems of
life. These include sickness, death, frustration, abuse, effects of war,
famine, lack, delayed conception, failure in examination, collapse of business,
etc.
From the time of Adam through Abraham our
father in faith, Job, Ruth, Hannah, Zachariah and Elizabeth down to the
Apostles, Paul and to the present day Christians, we have records of people
going through the storms of life. I have had my own share of storms of life. I captioned
my own share of the storms of life, THE BATTLE FOR LIFE.
Here is a record of what came to Job in a single
day. Go through verses 13 to 19 and count what he lost in a day. All his life
time labours vanished instantly. He lost his children, possessions, houses, etc.
It takes a real man of faith to bear this. Job endured this because he knew God
he serves who could not suffer His children to pass through what they cannot bear.
I know of a priest whose child died and he locked up the corpse at home and
went to church. It was after service he informed his members about the death of
his son.
Satan is the architect of all storms of life.
God may allow them as trial of our faith. There are some things storms of life
can do in our lives. It is either for or against us. It helps us to draw closer
to God (Job 13:15) and it makes us to depend on Him. Storms of life can be
against us because they can weaken our faith; making us doubt God, or distract
us from the right track. What storms are you passing though? Know that it is
part of what we will pass through in life. Therefore, pass through without
losing your faith in God.
Food
for Thought: There
is no son of God without trials and there is no trial we overcome that does not
have crown.
Prayer: God, grant me the grace to
endure temptation because it will bring crown of life for me at the end in
Jesus name (James 1:12).
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