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I WILL TRUST HIM: Devotion for Tuesday September 20, 2016
Text:
Job 13:13 – 23 Memory verse: Job 1
verse 15
Only those who are fools blame God for their
woes and eventually turn their backs against Him. Luke 20:18, says
"Whoever falls on that stone will be broken; but on whomever it falls, it
will grind him to powder." This verse is true of what will be our portion
if we break out of our relationship with God. He will crush us with His anger
if we try to strive with Him (see Isaiah 49:5).
If we run from Him, we are in trouble. If He
hides His face, we are also in trouble. Therefore, no matter the situation in
life we should keep following and trusting Him for that is the best thing for
us. Contending with your maker will only amount to more troubles and problems
of life. This is the mind of Job here. Job and his friends thought that his
problem was from God as an affliction for his sins. But Job resolved to cleave
to the testimony his own conscience gave of his uprightness and also steadfastly
trust God for salvation despite all he was going through. He relied on God for
justification as he had been accused by his friends and salvation because it
was only God who could deliver him from the problems facing him.
When we show great confidence in God in times
of trials, temptations, troubles and problems we pass through, it will certainly
turn out as our greatest safeguard in those times of trials, troubles, temptations
and problems of life. Job sees God as his source of salvation (Job 13:16). He
didn’t say there is no more God because of the problems of life he was passing
through even when the wife pressured him into doing such. This is a great
lesson for us. No matter the problems of life we may be going through, it
shouldn’t lead us into turning our backs against God or else we will worsen our
situations. We should keep on trusting Him. Job did and was rewarded at the
end. If you do, you will certainly be rewarded.
Food
for Thought:
Psalm 23:4
Prayer: Grant
me the grace, my Lord and my God, to trust and depend on you no matter the
problems of life I may be passing through in Jesus name. Amen.
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