Monday, June 15, 2009

Blessed be your name

For some reason I've decided to read Job. I've only read the first 3 chapters, but am amazed at Job's faith so far. God had such faith in Job's faith that he let Satan test Job to the extreme. In what seems like mere minutes Job loses everything he has. Yet all he does is tear his clothes and shave his head saying:

Naked I came from my mother's womb,
and naked I will depart.
The LORD gave and the LORD has taken away;
may the name of the LORD be praised.


This made me think of the song "Blessed Be Your Name."

You give and take away
You give and take away
My heart will choose to say
Lord blessed be your name.


That is what Job does he understands that God gives and takes away, but Job doesn't stop loving God.

In chapter 2, Satan tells God that if Job had pain inflicted on him then he would turn away from God. God says you can inflict pain on Job and he won't stop loving me. Satan goes to Job and covers him in painful sores from the top of his head to the bottom of his toes and still Job continues to love God even when his wife tells him to turn away from God. Instead he tells his wife:

You are talking like a foolish woman. Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?

In chapter 3 Job starts to wish for death, but he hasn't yet rebuked his God.

I can look at what I've read so far and wonder what would I do? If my life had completely fallen apart at the seams like Jobs would I still love God? Would I fall back on the relationship I'd built with God and people and be able to make it through? Is my faith and love for God strong enough? I know that God doesn't give you more then you can handle and that all things are possible with God.

With man this is impossible, but not with God; all things are possible with God.
Mark 10:27





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