Saturday, January 24, 2015

Trust in the Lord not because of what possession I have

Job 1:13-22
One day Job suffered four distresses. 1)The Sabeans attacked and carried the oxen and donkeys. 2) Fire of God fell from the sky and burned up the sheep and the servants 3) The Chaldeans swept down on camels and carried them off 4) Mighty wind swept in from the desert and struck the four corners of the house. It collapsed on his sons and daughters.
Job got up and tore his robe and shaved his head. He fell to the ground in worship and said: "Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked I will depart. The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; may the name of the Lord be praised."
In the space of a single day Job loses everything - possessions, servants, family - but his confidence in God remains unshaken with Paul's word in Philippians 4:11-12
The subject is as old as the hills and as modern as the space-age. If God is just and good, why does he let innocent people suffer?( Why the casual victims of war and terrorism? Why the child dying of cancer?) As a man Job is really good: about the best anyone could ever hope to be. Yet calamity overwhelms him. Loss of possessions and family is followed by grim嚴峻, prolonged physical suffering that shakes his faith to the depth.
Why?
I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation.
There is the Lord who has the authority over all universe. There are devil among us who are try to destroy us. But the Lord is good forever. His love endures forever.
How?
Trust in the Lord, not because of our possession or have plenty, but because of the Lord.





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