Today's scripture text to study is the book of Job. The book of Job chronicles the well known story of Job's loss, his tribulation, his test, his endurance and his ultimate triumph. Today as I read chapter 20 I noted that Zophar took a look at the obvious and made some harsh judgments about what he saw.
It sounded familiar. All too often as Christians instead of walking a faith walk and allowing God to use us to speak life into a situation through our gifting and the calling on our lives we look with our natural eyes and talk about what we think we see and we just start calling things all kind of wrong. We think we are on point sometimes because we start telling folk positives and they are going to get this and God is going to bless them with that. We forget that the Word of God comes to exhort, to edify, to uplift, but also at times to admonish or to warn. The Word is not always going to be sunshine and roses. Our job is not to perceive with our physical senses and try to phophelie to make people feel something. Job's friends allofinasudden felt it was their duty to tell him where he had gone wrong because they knew what was up down and around. Here was a man they knew was righteous--they had been with him and watched him live a holy life--they couldn't explain what was happening to him so instead of just keeping quiet and keeping him company--I mean this guy actually pretty much said that he just couldn't hold his peace any longer--instead of consulting God and comforting a friend who he knew was going through and suffering--he decides to go with the obvious--mistake! And this is a tragic mistake that we should ask ourselves as Christians are we falling into.
Faith requires an unmitigated trust in God. We must refuse to do anything but trust in God! Whatever He says and tells us to say that we will say that we will do. If He tells us to say something to a brother or a sister we will. I promise you that God will give you a Word that will bring life to the situation. Often I have said something to a person and they have said wow that was confirmation. I had no idea what they were going through or why I was led to them that day and there are times that I have missed the mark and spoke out of self because I wanted to comfort someone. We have to be careful and hear from God first and then speak.
Today resolve within yourself to use the gift of God that is within you and to desire good gifts.
No comments:
Post a Comment