Saturday
10-17-15 Home in Modesto
Scripture reading: Job 1-2
Acts 6-7
S=Scripture O=Observation A=Application P=Prayer SOAP for
the soul.
S. Job 2:8-10
Then Job scraped his skin with a piece of broken pottery
as he sat among the ashes. His wife said
to him, "Are you still trying to maintain your integrity? Curse God and
die." But Job replied, "You
talk like a godless woman. Should we accept only good things from the hand of
God and never anything bad?" So in all this, Job said nothing wrong. NLT
O. Job is being
tested. There is nothing fair about this
test. Yet God allowed it to happen even
though it was entirely Satan’s idea and action. Job’s closest companion, his wife, who can
see his suffering first hand, joins the demons of hell to drive him
deeper. “Just get it over with, my
dear. Curse God and die.” Job gives his sores another scrape with a
piece of broken pottery and says, “Thanks very much, Sweetie. I love you, too.” Job’s real answer (above) strikes home
today.
A. We take ten thousand
blessings from the hand of God and brag, “Look what I have accomplished!” And the first time Satan throws a stick at
us... some people I know literally curse... and scream, “God, why are You doing
this to me?” You are right. I would never curse and scream at God. Yet God, who reads my thoughts as well as my
spoken words, may sometimes be disappointed in what He sees in my heart.
P. Lord I am reminded of Psalm
19:14 “Let the words of my
mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my
strength, and my redeemer.” KJV And
this is my prayer today. Amen.
Ralph
PS. A friend of mine told me of a young man whose leg
had to be amputated last week to save his life.
He had apparently been at a late night party and in the darkness before
dawn had raced off in his motorcycle, possibly under the influence of drugs or
liquor, and had an accident. He was
visited in the hospital and wanted nothing to do with “a God that would do this
to me.” Hello!
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