Accepting Adversity
We would rather not have adversity in our lives, but trials are a part of life. No one can escape trials. Life is all about how we handle the adversity. When we become a believer, we know that whatever happens to us has to come through the Lord. He has to allow it. Therefore, we should not get angry when we run into adversity. We should not want to give up on the Lord, but we should accept it, and ask God to show us why He allowed it to come into our lives. That was Job's attitude toward his adversity.(Job 2:9,10) We can learn a lot from Job's life. I hope you will read the whole book and let God show you about adversity and life.
Job's wife felt like many people feel when Job was struck with terrible boils all over his body until he was not recognizable. She told him to curse God and die. She was angry with God. She did not trust the Lord. She wanted Job to just give up on the Lord and life. What a tragedy. I pray that we do not miss the point of trials like she did, and I hope we do not give that kind of advice to others.
Job had to rebuke his wife by telling her she was thinking foolishly. She was acting as if there was not a loving God, who was in control of it all. He admonished her to realize that we must accept good from the Lord and the adversity of life. If we trust Him, and we know that He loves us more than we love ourselves, why would we reject His will and His judgment? That is foolish. We are not God. We do not know what is best. We don't tell Him what to do. We accept what He sends and ask Him to equip us to handle it and to be victorious over it. Yes, Job still grieved. He still had questions, and he had some depression. All of that is part of the grief process. However, through it all he did not sin with his mouth. He did not quit trusting God, and in the end God blessed him. God is always faithful.
Are you accepting your adversity and asking God to show you the way, or are you acting foolishly like Job's wife? It makes a huge difference in our lives, if we will accept the adversity as part of our lives and let God help us through it like Job did.
Tomorrow, I intend to read Job 5-8.
Job's wife felt like many people feel when Job was struck with terrible boils all over his body until he was not recognizable. She told him to curse God and die. She was angry with God. She did not trust the Lord. She wanted Job to just give up on the Lord and life. What a tragedy. I pray that we do not miss the point of trials like she did, and I hope we do not give that kind of advice to others.
Job had to rebuke his wife by telling her she was thinking foolishly. She was acting as if there was not a loving God, who was in control of it all. He admonished her to realize that we must accept good from the Lord and the adversity of life. If we trust Him, and we know that He loves us more than we love ourselves, why would we reject His will and His judgment? That is foolish. We are not God. We do not know what is best. We don't tell Him what to do. We accept what He sends and ask Him to equip us to handle it and to be victorious over it. Yes, Job still grieved. He still had questions, and he had some depression. All of that is part of the grief process. However, through it all he did not sin with his mouth. He did not quit trusting God, and in the end God blessed him. God is always faithful.
Are you accepting your adversity and asking God to show you the way, or are you acting foolishly like Job's wife? It makes a huge difference in our lives, if we will accept the adversity as part of our lives and let God help us through it like Job did.
Tomorrow, I intend to read Job 5-8.