Good Morning Everyone,
Our theme for this month: “Trusting God”
Our Bible verse for today: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will leave this life. The Lord gives, and the Lord takes away. Praise the name of Yahweh. Throughout all this Job did not sin or blame God for anything.” Job 1:21-22 (HCSB)
Our thought for today: “We can trust God even in the worst of times.”
If you’re familiar with the story of Job then you know that he is a case study in trusting God during the worst of times. Like a line of dominoes falling one after the other, into Job’s life came a steady stream of cascading disasters. First an army of enemies swept in and stole his herds of oxen and donkeys. Then a lightening storm destroyed all his sheep and killed his servants as well. Then another group of invaders swept in and stole all his camels. Then a tornado struck and destroyed the house where his sons and daughters were holding a feast – and they all died. One after another the reports came. He barely had time to absorb one disastrous event before the next one happened.
And how did Job respond to this incredible series of tragedies that came crashing into his life? Did he shake his fist in God’s face and lash out in anger? Did he accuse God of abandoning or forsaking him? No. Job did none of those things. Instead he fell down and worshiped. He affirmed that God is sovereign over all things in his life – the good and the bad – and he placed his full trust in God for a fair and just outcome.
In the midst of tragedy far beyond what any of us are likely to ever experience, Job trusted God. He didn’t understand what was happening or why, but he did believe that God is fair and just and that in the end, it would all work out according to God’s good and perfect plan. That’s true for us too.
Often life isn’t fair, and sometimes it’s downright tragic. But God is sovereign over it all; He will get us through it and He will bless us as a result of it. Like Job we can trust God even during the worst of times.
God Bless,
Pastor Jim
Oak Hill Baptist Church 