Job Did Not Disappoint God: Devotion for Tuesday, 2020

MY DAILY COVENANT WITH GOD DEVOTIONAL

Devotion for Tuesday March 24, 2020

Topic: Job Did Not Disappoint God         

Text: Job 1:20 – 22    

Most times, we are fond of asking God why He allowed problems and troubles of life to come our way just like we have COVID-19 now. Many of us believe that no evil, sickness or problems of life should come our way. We all know that Christ’s suffering was His path to glory and severally in the scriptures, He intimated us that if He suffered, we shouldn’t expect anything less.

In our text, Job did not hide his overwhelming grief but he didn’t lose his faith in God; instead, his emotions showed that he was human and that he loved his family. Upon all these calamities, He did not charge God with acting unkindly towards him by asking God, Why me? Rather, he accepted all with faith. If Job had used hasty words against God (see Proverbs 8:36), he would have sinned and incurred the wrath of God and Satan would have seen reason to say that he was right. 

God created our emotions, and it is not sinful or inappropriate to express them as Job did. If you have experienced a deep loss, a disappointment, or heartbreak, admit your feelings to yourself and others, and grieve. Thereafter, pick yourself up and begin life again. God boasted about Job and despite the quick succession of calamities that came his way, he did not disappoint God.

Beloved, how do you handle the problems of life that confronts you? Do you accept everything because you wanted solution to your problem? Do you lose your faith simply because you are in another environment? Do you speak harshly and thereafter, you begin to regret? We should show maturity of faith when passing through trials of life. That is evidence of true Christianity.  

Food for Thought: We know true Christians during trials and temptation.

Memory verse: Job 1:22 

Prayer: Help me never to disappoint you O Lord when I am faced with temptation.