Job 2: 10Shall we accept good
from God, and not trouble?
Here is Job being tested for his faith in God who had
permitted the devil to test Job except taking of his life. Job was a righteous
man who had been faithful to God all his life, even when his wife taunted him
to give up on God, Job replied her saying, ‘shall we accept good from God and
not trouble?.’
Job understood that God can use trials and tribulations to
strengthen our faith. When Job had to suffer painful sores he responded by
affirming his trust in God. He never murmured or blames God at all.
The lesson from this book shows that in this world, sometime
believers are not spared from troubles and testing. God do permit that His
children would be tested and He knew that this is like tempering a piece of
metal in fire to make it strong. Just as a piece of metal is burned, softened,
beaten and then hardened into a worthy instrument for the owner; we too are
being tested at time so that we might grow stronger in the Lord.
Testing will develop character, each time we go through a
trial we come through like become smarter and stronger as we have endured the
test and trial and when we encounter similar tests next time, we would not be
fearful of it but we would be able to face and confront it with great
confidence and skills.
Sometime we need to understand that we must accept challenges
in our l9ves in order to grow and be
honed.
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