- You have granted me life and steadfast love, and your care has preserved my spirit. Yet these things you hid in your heart; I know that this was your purpose. Job 10:12-13 – One commentary I checked out said that Job here was believing in this moment that all the good things God had showed him up to this point was just to build him up for a greater fall. That the true purpose God had in His heart for Job was to punish and destroy him. I’m not sure if that’s exactly what this verse was meaning, yet it’s a good topic to look at today. We must believe this isn’t God’s heart, to build us up only so we can fall harder. If that was His purpose hidden in His heart for us why would heaven be a place He is inviting us to? Why would Jesus have died so we could have the option of life with Him? Life can for sure have hits that knock us down but we must realize God’s heart is not for us to be on the ground, face in the dirt. So when the hardship comes know God isn’t using His hands to push you down but to help you up. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 1462
- I will say to God, do not condemn me; let me know why you contend against me. Job 10:2 – Job is asking the question many of us ask in our times or suffering…why God? We must remember as we read this book that while we know what has taken place in chapters 1-2 between God and Satan, Job doesn’t. He doesn’t understand why all this is happening. In a commentary on this passage, Spurgeon shares an example, that while not applying to Job, can certainly apply to us as to why we might be experiencing suffering. He stated that many houses in Russian were infested with mice, but you wouldn’t know it just by looking. Yet when a house is on fire, the mice come streaming out in hoards. So is it with some sins we are unaware of or trying to hide. Until the heat comes, we may not be aware of the sin in our story, or we may not be willing to confess it and bring it to the light until the pressure comes. God then will allow such pressure to come for He knows pressure from Him is better than the infection of sin. While certainly not the only reason God allows hardship, which is a main theme of the book of Job, it is a tool God will use in our sanctification process. If then hardship as come upon you, start looking for the “mice” scurrying out and end them so they can’t return back into the dark places of the house. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 2635
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