God lives and works today, but why do
so few of us experience Him at work
in our lives?
Could it be because God only finds rebellion
in our hearts instead of trust?
Listen to today's meditation by Vassalia Schlink called,
Lord, I Trust You.
Perhaps you know the story of Job and
about the difficult trials the Lord allowed him
to endure.
Through terrible natural catastrophes, all of Job's children
and possessions were taken away.
Finally, God inflicted Job himself with a dreadful
illness.
But in the second chapter of his story,
we read, In all this, Job did not
sin with his lips.
Here, we see that Satan is at work
and has a definite goal in mind for
Job and for us.
In everything that happens to us, Satan is
nearby, determined to make us rebel and rise
up against God.
This is especially true when something in life
is very hard for us or when we
are sick and miserable.
Of Job, it's said that through all these
chastenings, he did not sin with his lips.
From neither his heart nor his lips came
a single complaint against God.
He did not resist that which was difficult
for him.
But how did he ever succeed in not
rebelling against the chastenings of God?
Job was humble.
A humble person submits when he is struck
by the judgment and blows of God, when
like Job, he is humiliated before friends and
strangers.
But how do we react?
Satan is lurking behind each one of us.
He is watching keenly to see how we
will react to the difficult trials of the
Lord and to the humiliations of life.
Will we sin now?
Will we give in to our rebellious thoughts
or words exclaiming, I've had enough, I can't
take anymore.
Think for a minute about the true reason
for the downfall of our world today.
An entire generation is destroying itself in crime,
suicide, and death by drugs.
Where did it begin?
With rebellion against every authority and against the
commandments of God.
And now it will end with people living
and dying in a hell on earth.
Oh, that we might tell our Lord Jesus
today, although you only find rebellion in the
world today, in me you must find someone
who trusts you.
When you humble me or chasten me through
my family, job, or a serious illness, I
know that it is for my good.
These difficulties will help to make me right
inside and will bring down heaven to me.
Amen.
Isn't it wonderful?
Instead of rebelling, we can trust.
And then the difficult will become easy and
the bitter sweet.
You have been listening to a program written
by Basile Schlenk of the Little Land of
Canaan.
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