The Source of Job's Confident Faith
Job's life was a daily relationship with God in which he lived by His words to him. That daily walk with God was the source of his confident faith in God, not just emotion or wishful thinking. Job let us know how he lived each day with the Lord. (Job 23:10-12) Let's look at what he said, so we can strengthen our walk with the Lord Jesus.
Job was in the habit of talking with God about his plans, the way that he would take in his life. He laid out his plans to the Lord, so he could get input from God. Because of that, he had confidence that when God had finished testing him, he would come out as gold. In other words, his life would be found to be pure before the Lord. Also, he knew that his way was correct, because he never departed from the commands of the Lord. He did not have a written Bible like we do, but when God spoke His commands to him, Job always obeyed them. The reason for his profound obedience was that he treasured the words of God more than his necessary food. He was so glad to hear from God that he stored up all that He said to him, perhaps by writing it down in a journal. Now, we all would do well to walk with the Lord, as Job did. However, the decision is ours. He will not force us. Our inspiration should be that if we truly follow Jesus, we will develop confident faith, too.
Tomorrow, I intend to read Job 25-27.
Job was in the habit of talking with God about his plans, the way that he would take in his life. He laid out his plans to the Lord, so he could get input from God. Because of that, he had confidence that when God had finished testing him, he would come out as gold. In other words, his life would be found to be pure before the Lord. Also, he knew that his way was correct, because he never departed from the commands of the Lord. He did not have a written Bible like we do, but when God spoke His commands to him, Job always obeyed them. The reason for his profound obedience was that he treasured the words of God more than his necessary food. He was so glad to hear from God that he stored up all that He said to him, perhaps by writing it down in a journal. Now, we all would do well to walk with the Lord, as Job did. However, the decision is ours. He will not force us. Our inspiration should be that if we truly follow Jesus, we will develop confident faith, too.
Tomorrow, I intend to read Job 25-27.