Job: Choosing to Trust
Job was a good and righteous man who walked in the ways of the Lord. In fact, his righteousness prompted God to say of him, "There is none like him on the earth" (Job 1:8). God blessed Job for his righteousness and so Job earned the title, "the greatest of all the people of the East" (Job 1:3).
Yet Job endured unspeakable suffering. Though he had done nothing wrong, he lost everything - his family, his wealth, his reputation, even his health. If that weren't enough, his wife and his friends offered him no real comfort. Job's friends told him that he had suffered because of some hidden sin in his life.
Job is a stark biblical example of a fact we need to understand: Even those who are right before God suffer adversity. Will we allow the suffering to tear down ur faith or build it up? These are our only choices.
In Job 13:15, Job said, "Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him." Job chose to place his complete faith in God, his Redeemer, throughout all of his difficult circumstances (see Job. 19:25, 26).
Taken from The Charles F. Stanley Life Principles Daily Bible
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