How are
you, my friend? Today I want to talk to you about emotions. Yes, there are
those we meet in life we think might need a few, but I am referring to acting
on your emotions. You see I sometimes act on or react on how I feel. If I feel
it is unfair or unjust I will sometimes allow my emotions to get the better of me,
I react to that.
Here in Job
10, Job is on the complain train. Verse 1 starts with, “I am disgusted
with my life. Let me complain freely. My bitter soul must complain”. Now rightfully
so, because Job has lost everything and he is tormented by his position and his
circumstances. The funny thing is that so many of us (me included) will have
the same attitude with a lot less lost.
In verse 12
he says, “You gave me life and showed me your unfailing love. My life
was preserved by your care”. Job as we know was a blessed man before he lost everything
including his health. He is reflecting on God’s grace as he looks over his
current situation. Does it sound familiar?
We look back
at all the good we had and we become bitter and depressed because our current
situation is slowly deteriorating and we can only see darkness. Job says in
verse 22, “It is a land as dark as midnight, a land of gloom and
confusion, where even the light is dark as midnight.”
Then God answers in Job 38, “Who is this that questions my
wisdom with such ignorant words?” God asks Job who laid the foundations of the
earth and who kept the see inside its boundaries. God goes on and basically
shows Job that he has forgotten who God is and what He can do. I love how God
just puts him (and us) in his place showing him through a number of questions
what God is doing while we are basically living our lives.
Job replies, “I know that you can do anything,
and no one can stop you. You asked, ‘Who is this that questions my wisdom with
such ignorance?’ It is I and I was talking about things I knew nothing about,
things far too wonderful for me. You said, ‘Listen and I will speak! I have
some questions for you, and you must answer them.’ I had only heard about you
before, but now I have seen you with my own eyes. I take back everything I
said, and I sit in dust and ashes to show my repentance.”
My friend
we often forget who God is when we face our battles and we often take the wrong
path because we talk about things we do not know. Job said that he had only
heard about God, but now he saw. Sometimes when we listen and we are still and
we remember who God is while we are upset, we can change the direction of our
thoughts and turn bad into good. We can steer away from negativity and turn
depression around. It is a choice. Do I seek God or do I seek me? Do I listen
to God or do I want to rant and moan about my problems instead of trusting God.
So, sometimes
we need to do as Job did and take back everything we said, and repent. God is a
God of His Word and if He is for you then nothing can be against you. If He
says He goes before you, He does. If He said no weapon formed against you will
prosper, it won’t and if He says His thoughts about you are of a future and a
hope, then it is so.
Sometimes
we need to stop and just listen.
Have an awesome day, my friend.









