A
reminder for today
"All
right, you may test him," the LORD said to Satan. "Do whatever you
want with everything he possesses, but don't harm him physically." So
Satan left the LORD's presence.
Job stood
up and tore his robe in grief. Then he shaved his head and fell to the ground
to worship. He said,
"I came naked from my mother's womb, and I will be naked when I leave. The LORD gave me what I had,
and the LORD has taken it away. Praise the name of the LORD!" In all of this, Job did not sin by blaming God. (Job 1:12 and 20 – 22)
"I came naked from my mother's womb, and I will be naked when I leave. The LORD gave me what I had,
and the LORD has taken it away. Praise the name of the LORD!" In all of this, Job did not sin by blaming God. (Job 1:12 and 20 – 22)
Oh boy it is Monday! Another awesome week awaits us
filled with challenges and victories so that we can show the wonder of God’s
love in our lives. How was your weekend my dear friend? I do hope you rested
well and that you are ready for today. It’s been an eventful weekend for us and
I am sure today will be too. So God allowed satan to test Job and in one day
Job lost everything. He fist lost all his oxen and donkey’s, then all his sheep
and camels and finally all his children. All this in one day!
In one day satan destroyed all
that Job had in hope that he will blame God and turn his back on God. Job was stricken
with grief and tore his robe, but he did not turn against God. Job said that he
came into this world with nothing and he will leave with nothing and he praised
God. Now this is where I go wow! What do we do when things do not go our way
and when we lose something or when they steal from us? We get angry and we want to get back at those
who took from us. Job’s reaction reminded me of this verse - "Don't store up treasures here on
earth, where moths eat them and rust destroys them, and where thieves break in
and steal. Store your treasures in heaven, where moths and rust cannot
destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal. Wherever your treasure is,
there the desires of your heart will also be. (Matthew 6:19-21)
Jesus taught a valuable lesson here. Wherever your treasure is, there the desires of your heart will also be
– this is something we forget so easily and especially in this time of the
year. We tend to lose focus of the real reason we celebrate Christmas and
instead we focus on the gifts and in the end we waste a lot of money and also
loose a great deal of that treasure in heaven.
This is a hard lesson my friend and a lesson that we will
have to focus on. Do not let this world corrupt you with possessions and a need
to waste your time on things that will eventually decay, but let God be your
focus and your journey towards a life of change must focus on heaven as your
final destination. When we moved in to our new house we gave much away, because
I believe we hoard up things and in the end we do not need it. We waste the
opportunity to bless someone and we make our possessions our idols. Listen to
Job’s words: The LORD gave me what I had,
and the LORD has taken it away. God blesses us with possessions and He can
so easily allow it to be taken from us, because it is not our possessions that
God is interested in, it is our hearts. It is not the car that you drive that
defines who you are, it is the way you live your life and how you live your
life. So let us live for God, because all that we are and all that we do comes
from Him.
Have and awesome day dear friend of Jesus
Cheers
