June 17, 2025, Job 1:13-22
13 Now
there was a day when his sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in
their oldest brother's house, 14 and there came a
messenger to Job and said, “The oxen were plowing and the donkeys feeding
beside them, 15 and the Sabeans fell upon them
and took them and struck down the servants with the edge of the sword, and
I alone have escaped to tell you.” 16 While he was
yet speaking, there came another and said, “The fire of God fell from
heaven and burned up the sheep and the servants and consumed them, and I alone
have escaped to tell you.” 17 While he was yet
speaking, there came another and said, “The Chaldeans formed three
groups and made a raid on the camels and took them and struck down the servants
with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you.” 18 While
he was yet speaking, there came another and said, “Your sons and daughters
were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother's house, 19 and
behold, a great wind came across the wilderness and struck the four
corners of the house, and it fell upon the young people, and they are dead, and
I alone have escaped to tell you.”
20 Then Job
arose and tore his robe and shaved his head and fell on the
ground and worshiped. 21 And he said, “Naked I
came from my mother's womb, and naked shall I return. The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed
be the name of the Lord.”
22 In all
this Job did not sin or charge God with wrong.
Verse 21 is such a sweet
scripture and recognition of God and his goodness.
Is a trial or spiritual
attack so easy for you to acknowledge and leave in God’s hands?
How does God expect
personal suffering and grief to affect your love relationship with him?
Debbie Walker
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