Faith

I wrote earlier I started reading Job. Job is an interesting book; basically it is a conversation between four friends. Some background information: Job takes place around the time of Abraham so it’s really old, the book starts out with God boasting to satan that Job is blameless and satan says that Job is only good because he has a great life, God then lets the devil ruin Job’s life and the bet is on. Then the focus shifts to Job who is saddened by what is happening; his friends bug him saying “Oh, this is your fault” and his wife nags him saying “Curse God and die!” but Job stays strong. One thing that strikes me about Job is his faith. He knows that God loves him and has blessed him before, and even though God has stopped blessing him he doesn’t deny His goodness and holiness. That takes a lot of faith to do that. To go from a wealthy man to nothing and still say that God is good and deserves the same respect and fear is hard. I was also reading the Psalms and one thing that I feel connects is the fact that the Psalms are honest. David never goes around saying “Oh everything is perfect” he cries out “God where are you?” David can even be somewhat angry but he doesn’t let that get in the way of his fear and respect for God. Faith is never an easy thing, Jesus says that a mustard seed is all we need and sometimes when things go really wrong a mustard seed is all we’ve got. Job lost all he had, not to different from how we are in the current economic situation, but he remembered what God has done in the past and trusted Him with his future. One thing we must remember and that Job learns is even though our current situation may be pretty bad or even not make sense God is in control and will see us through it.