God is always Faithful

 

Job 42: 10 – 16

 

 

“And the Lord restored the fortunes of Job when he had prayed for his friends. And the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before.  Then came to him all his brothers and sisters and all who had known him before and ate bread with him in his house. And they showed him sympathy and comforted him for all the evil that the Lord had brought upon him. And each of them gave him a piece of money and a ring of gold.

 And the Lord blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning. And he had 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.   He had also seven sons and three daughters.   And he called the name of the first daughter Jemimah, and the name of the second Keziah, and the name of the third Keren-happuch.   And in all the land there were no women so beautiful as Job's daughters. And their father gave them an inheritance among their brothers.   And after this Job lived 140 years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, four generations.  And Job died, an old man, and full of days.”

What lessons have you learned not so much about Job, but about yourself?  Are you going through a hard time with the Pandemic of Fear, maybe someone you love has turned against you in this Covid-19 coronavirus, in that you no longer meet the social, emotional, or financial need, as you did just months ago?  Maybe you’re a pastor of a large church and worry about how to meet the needs of your flock, knowing that people are not going to be happy with you for the decision you are going to require in this pandemic of fear.  If so, you understand a little about where our President and governors are coming from.  If they open the economy too soon and the first person that gets sick, they will be blamed by the media and if no one gets sick they will be blamed for not opening sooner and the damage they have done to so many families.

Leadership is not for sissies!

Now, this is what Job did, He listens to the only one that has complete knowledge, and did what God had instructed him to do, and because of that Job was in right standing with both God and man.

 

From the Back Porch,

Bob Rice