Wednesday, August 12, 2009

When Things Seem Quite Impossible

I woke up this morning with the thought that this day would not be any different than the last few. What kind of faith in God does that attitude portray? I'm reading through the book of Job and have been humbled by the amount of suffering that Job went through on behalf of Christ.

Job 1:13-20 (brief overview): Job's sons and daughters were feasting and drinking at his oldest son's house when messengers began to come to Job. His oxen, donkeys, sheep, servants and camels were all taken away. And then yet another messenger came to tell him of the mighty wind that came and killed his sons and daughters. What did Job do at this instant? He fell to the ground and began to worship the Lord. "The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; may the name of the Lord be praised.

Job 2:7 So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD and afflicted Job with painful sores from the soles of his feet to the top of his head.

Job 2:10 He replied, "You are talking like a foolish woman. Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?" In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.

To have the attitude of Job in the midst of suffering..many of our daily sufferings do not seem so impossible to endure in comparison to Job's.
Or to have the faith of Abraham.

Romans 4:18-25 Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as it had been said to him, "So shall your offspring be."Without weakening in his faith, he faced the fact that his body was as good as dead—since he was about a hundred years old—and that Sarah's womb was also dead. Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God, being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised. This is why "it was credited to him as righteousness." The words "it was credited to him" were written not for him alone, but also for us, to whom God will credit righteousness—for us who believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead. He was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life for our justification.

I will meditate on this today. As it was said in Mark 9:24 "I do believe. Help me overcome my unbelief."

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