From calm to chaos; from peace to perplexity; within a matter of moments our world can be turned upside down. Did you ever have one of those days that you truly believe you should have stayed in bed; for everything you did just made things worst? Certainly each of us have had those days, but it is how we allow them to effect our life is how you go forward into tomorrow. Here is something to think about…It's been one of those Days! My forgetter's getting better, but my rememberer is broken. To you that may seem funny, but, to me, I’m not joken. For when I'm “here" I'm wondering, if I really should be "there", and, when I try to think it through, I haven't got a prayer! Often times I walk into a room and say "What am I here for?" I wrack my brain, but all in vain! A zero is my score. At times I put something away where it is safe, but, gee, the person it is safest from is generally me! When shopping I may see someone, say "Hi" and have a chat, then, when the person walks away I ask myself, "who was that?" Yes, my forgetter's getting better, while my rememberer is broken, and it's driving me plumb crazy and that isn't any joken.
I am sure Job could relate to having a bad hair day…then his wife said to him, “Do you still hold fast to your integrity? Curse God and die!” He just lost his property, children, and now his health. The interesting, God didn’t take away his wife and friends that physically made things worst; many of us have people in our life that certainly contribute to our situation. The words of Job’s wife – curse God and die, were probably Job’s most severe trial. Ironically, her question…do you still hold fast to you integrity employs almost exactly the same wording the Lord had used in Job 2:3 during His conversation with Satan about Job.
Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God and shuns evil? And still he holds fast to his integrity, although you incited Me against him, to destroy him without cause.”
The wording emphasizes Job’s perseverance, which his wife misconstrued as religious fanaticism; she thought he was blindly refusing to face the reality of his desperate situation. Job’s response to his wife was certainly right on the money.
But he said to her, “You speak as one of the foolish women speaks. Shall we indeed accept good from God and shall we not accept adversity? (Job 2:10).
We live in a world that makes life difficult; we rejected a world that was freely given to us for a world of chaos. We like Job we should look at each situation, both good and bad and see God’s hand in it. Listen to Him; for He is the author and finisher of your life. So when bad days come, look through them to what lies just around the corner.
