A Messy Faith

Don't we all wish there were a magic formula for a easy and care free life. A life where we received the promise of God that every preacher and devout christian friend ever told us about. Well forget about it! Over the next few weeks i will be spending some time on Job, no not job but Job the man and book in the bible. Job was a blessed man (Job1:1-3), he had everything he needed and more. But in just a few brief moments his life turned into the worst story you have ever heard.

He lost everything, his children and all of his possessions, gone! All he was left with was his life and his wife, and he probably did not want either of them by this time either. Ever think you had a bad day read the first two chapters of Job. But we see Job did nothing to have all of this horror thrown upon him except serve and worship God.

We read that God allowed Satan to test Job to see if after all the blessings God had given to him were taken away if Job would still serve God. Have you ever thought about that when your day starts off bad, you get into an accident or something bad happens in your family? This could be a test not one you can see with your eyes but something happening in the spiritual world.

Job just like us did not understand what was happening or why, yet somehow amazingly still served God. Sometimes people could say the wrong thing to me or i just wake up with a headache and i am not fit to be around. That is not the kind of Christ like example He has called us to live.

Remember we will practice what we believe so how are you living today?
What do your actions, habits, or reactions to painful or difficult seasons in your life reveal about your core beliefs about God or this story (of life) your in?

Genesis 4:7 If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must master it

The last question was taken from Job, a messy faith by Ron Keck.
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