Alive and on my side

What keeps you going when you just don't feel like it? We discussed in small group yesterday tests of faith. What is the most difficult thing that you have gone through that really tested your faith? For some, it is the death of a child. For others, it is physical health. For someone else, it is the lose of income and resources. For others, it may be that you feel as if GOD has turned his back on you. If you've ever read the Book of Job, you know that he experienced all of these.

Job lost his children, his "riches", his health, even his wife asked, "Why don't you just curse GOD and die?"Job had "friends" come by and sit with him. They, eventually, told Job that he had this coming. What friends. So, if anyone ever had a reason to feel as if GOD had turned His back on him/her, I think we can all agree that Job was that one. So, what kept Job going?

Today's word is Job 19:25, NIV, which reads, "I know that my Redeemer lives, and that in the end He will stand on the earth."

What kept Job going? He knew that no matter what, GOD was alive. And, He would redeem him; He would buy him back. No matter what had happened, was happening, or was going to happen, Job knew that GOD had everything under control and He was going to make it right - maybe not here but eternally, where it counts.

I don't know what you may be going through today; no other person truly does. BUT, I do know that GOD knows. And, I know that I serve a GOD that is alive and on my side.

Be Blessed,
Mickey T