Text:
Job 1:1 – 3 Memory
verse: v 1
On 2nd October, 2014, the Women Fellowship of
Cathedral Church of St. Peter Asaba invited me to speak on the topic, ‘Living
above storm.’ The topic was so challenging and inspiring that it opened my eyes
to so many things we pass through in life especially if we want to please God
and live righteously. When I go home that evening I decided to start writing devotions
on the lessons I learnt from the topic I spoke on. That evening and the
following day, I wrote the devotion for the next 13 days based on the
inspiration for that message. The message was indeed inspiring and challenging.
I hope you will learn a lot from our devotion for the next 13 days. Welcome!
In our bible reading today, is the
introduction of the person, Job. This is a man with a challenging testimony. A
man whose character and commitment to God is a challenge to our present
generation where people’s
faith and believe is on good and nothing but good. A generation that is ready
to praise God only when success comes their way. But here is the testimony
about Job which says that he was “Blameless and upright, and one who feared God
and shunned evil.” He was also blessed with 10 children and was indeed rich
with great possession of livestock (1:2, 3). Job’s habit was to fear God and
obey all His commandments. Like Zachariah and Elizabeth, he was "Righteous
before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord,
blameless" (Luke 1:6). What a testimony!
Beloved, what is your testimony? It was not
Job that wrote this. It was written by someone else hence the use of the
phrase; were born to him and not born to me. What can people say about you? Do
you desire to do the will of God and walk in His statues? You should be exact
and consistent in all your dealings with men; someone who has no blame in your
transaction with men. God demands us to be godly in all we do.
Action:
As
you go out today, be determined to live an upright life in all your transactions
with people.
Prayer: My God and my Father in
heaven, help me to live a life that is pleasing to you always and a blameless
life in Jesus name.
