Jesus Said, "You Will Have Troubles"

Scripture Reading: Job1:1-22   

Focus Verse: Job 2:10 Should we accept only good things from the hand of God and never adversity?  So in all this Job said nothing wrong.

Sometimes in our lives we tend to remember all the bad things that have happened to us and forget the good things.  We remember Job for all the bad that happened to him.  But we should remember how Job had victory in spite of his adversity.  There were four things that were important to Job: his faith, family, friends and his fortune.  Satan tried to take all of them from Job hoping he would curse God.  Instead we see Job thinking on the goodness of God and worshiping His greatness.  Satan was probably the one cursing and not Job.  At no time do we see Job blaming God for these things.  God was enough for Job, with or without the other things Job had.  Job said in 13:15 "Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him."

Do you bless God and praise Him even when you don't understand what is going on in your life?  Job's faith is a great lesson to us on how we can trust in God even though we may be going through unexplained trials.  Job did express his grief to God, and God wants us to cry out to Him also.  Remember Job for his victory during the trials and we can do the same with God's help.  Almighty God is enough.  We need nothing else.

"He who has God and everything else has no more than he who has God only".
C.S. Lewis

Bobby Johnson
Interlocking Ministries

Worship Together

Scripture Reading: Psalm122

Focus Verse: Psalm 122: 1  "I was glad when they said to me,
“Let us go into the house of the Lord.""

We gather together as a community of believers to worship God.  There is great peace, comfort and unity in the Body of Christ when we can worship our Creator together.  It is important to meet together.  It doesn't matter as much if you meet in a church, a home or under the shade of a tree.  The main thing is that you worship together.  We should praise the name of the LORD.

We can see that by verse 8, the worshiper has found that as a result of worshiping God with his fellow believers, that he is wishing them peace and goodness.  He has spent time in the presence of the LORD and the LORD has given him a heart of love for others.  The love is shown through peace and goodness.  This can create a strong Christian community for the glory of God!

Are you glad when you go to meet others to worship?  Does your worship create a heart of love that shows?

Page Johnson
Interlocking Ministries