July 19, 2019
My Dear Brothers and Sisters, I greet and bless everyone in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. The blessed word that God has given for you today, is from the book of Job 14:14 “ If someone dies, will they live again? All the days of my hard service. I will wait for my renewal to come.”
My Dear Brothers and Sisters, From the above context we come to understand, that Job speaks to God, He stopped speaking to his friends. As it did not serve any purpose. He pleads with God for his mercies. He says man’s life is short and sorrowful. He thought that God was too strict and severe with him. Because during his early days, Job lived a glorious life. But a day came when he lost all that he had. His children, his cattle, his wealth and he had boils all over his body. Even his friends doubted his righteousness. They thought that he might have committed some serious sin in his life to suffer such affliction. Even his wife asked him to curse God and die. But Job says, “I will wait till my change comes.”
My Dear Brothers and Sisters, All Job’s expressions here shows his belief in the great doctrine of the resurrection. Since his friends proved miserable he consoles himself with the expectation of a change. He says, “’ All the days, of my appointed time, I will endure with patience. ”How the change will be, he does not know. But he thinks that it might be relief from his sufferings, or it might be happy in some future state. He was certain that life was to be passed over and that man could not go over his youth or his age again. Job says, that he would wait for the day when his renewal will come. Job knew there will be an end to all the days of hardship and affliction. But he was prepared to wait for a change to come in his life. God is able to change your bad time into a good time as He did it for Job. Because he waited with patience for that spectacular day, the day, of prosperity.
My Dear Brothers and Sisters, All the blessings that you enjoy today, are given by God. He gives and takes away. And what He takes away He is able to give it back to you. The Lord will give you back all the blessings that you have lost in your life. Your job, your house, all your wealth, happiness, and peace in your family life. God will give you a double portion of blessings. The Bible says, The Lord restored Job’s losses, and the Lord gave twice as much as he had before. He will bless you with the same measure if you wait on the Lord patiently for a change until it comes.
Prayer: Our loving heavenly Father, we thank You for this blessed day. Lord, we thank you for encouraging us with your word. That if we wait patiently on you, You will give us back all that we have lost in life. Help us never to sin nor charge God with wrong. Teach us to seek God during bad times. And commit our ways to God.
In Jesus name we pray.
Amen.
