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Job 1-2 & Revelation 9:1-12
I wasn’t sure how to title today’s thoughts from the Bible reading as what Job faced wasn’t persecution as we tend to view persecution. But we see in Job 1:20, “Then Job arose and tore his robe and shaved his head, and he fell to the ground and worshiped.” We see this verse show up after a series of four of his servants coming to him in urgency explaining how different aspects of his wealth had been completely wiped out, with the final servant bringing the news of the death of all his offspring; which at the time was just as much a sign of one’s status as wealth. With all this bad news of going from a sucessfull man and probably one of the richest in the area to completely desolate with nothing but a wife who eventually tells him “Do you still hold fast your integrity? Curse God and die!” (Job 2:9), but Job doesn’t follow his wife’s “advice” but rather he worships God, he realizes everything is granted to him by God; his life, his possessions, his liberty, everything, and God has the power to take it away.
It is easy to worship God when things are going great, or even when everything is just okay; but when it feels like everything is going down the drain and our lives are heading for the gutter worshiping is harder to do. It is in those tough times where we need God the most, and it is in those times when we should take a note from Job’s attitude and turn to God in worship. I pray that each of us will not only worship God in the good times but to worship God when times are hard.
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