Job is happily living in prosperity, He is a man people listen to.He has a large family. In short, he is happy.
(please note, I am not saying all of us are righteous, like Job, But many of us believe in Jesus Christ, and that His blood was shed for us. In about a week, we get to revisit that sacrifice,We are not righteous, but He is,and therefore, covered by the blood, we, of the Body of Christ, are blessed beyond measure) Does that not describe America before our present troubles? Calamity strikes. theft and death ..all of the walls come down. And Job is not only sick, he is isolated. alone except for his wife. Sound familiar? The reason Job was alone, was the same old reason we do so much, people veer away, avoid, ignore anyone with misfortunes, it's pretty ingrained. we treat everything negative as if it is a disease..falling in line with this is people who think you need to soak in sanitizing solution, wipe out your mailbox use a q tip to use an ATM or other touchscreen, Those who take fear to a whole new level obsessive compulsive behavior get a while new reason for being, and our government has encouraged this behavior. ( with good cause.. with a physical disease, but it still plays into stereotypes. the basic emotional hard wired behavior) Then their are the friends who finally get up the nerve to show up and accuse Job of causing all his own problems. bigger and bolder and more poetic statements mushroom up like modern day conspiracy theories. In short, they are what would later be called Pharisees.. those who use the law( knowledge or belief in what righteousness,,is) to punish others. And Job stands up to all of them, He says he did nothing to cause his problems.even stands up to his wife, refusing to curse God , yet even that is suspect, according to God. God says His reasons are his own, that He is aware of suffering,That everything is under His control . Job apologizes ( repents) and is allowed to offer sacrifices for the sins of himself, and his friends now, underlying the whole story is the role of Satan , the adversary, the opposing attorney the one to prove Job does not love God. He has limits. He can only go.. so far. I hope understanding the attack of supernatural fear, of death and pain and loss is part of our scenario, and the only hope you have is OUR counselor, our advocate, Jesus Christ. If you reject Jesus, you are more open to suggestion. meaning.. fear. and that even for this crisis, God has set limits to supernatural interference. The Holy Spirit is continuing his work, the story of the human race isn;t done and there is the hope of total turnaround ...whether in this world or the next, as this is the age of grace I don;t know! but like Job, I can say,, I know that my redeemer lives Life not death. |
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