So far, I haven't broken my sacrifice :)
I haven't gone on Facebook since Lent has started. Yay for me :)
I have been doing devos everyday, and either blogging it or journaling it down. or both. I want to spend more time on praying from now on though.
Job 2, 3:
When I read Job, I feel very much ashamed but also very blessed at the same time. I feel ashamed because if I was in the same situation I don't know where I would be or the things I would be saying. Yet Job remains faithful. He is surely in a time of turmoil so in chapter 3 he finally spoke. But he still hasn't cursed God, etc.
I feel blessed because of all the things I still have. Not to say they matter much anymore, after Job 1. I also need to come to terms with the fact that God can bless me today but he can take things away from me tomorrow. He wouldn't even need to tell me why. Because He is the Lord. I shouldn't even complain if He did that. Afterall, he gave me everything.
It's kind of like work. Everything you create and work on when you are employed at one company, is THEIRS. When you leave the company, you really don't bring much home with you. You leave your badge, your work, your stuff on your desk, etc. So really, when you were employed there, you just took care of their things. So I don't have much to complain about if they told me they're going to take away my automatic stapler away, or move me to another cube... lol
Same thing.
I really need to keep that concept clear in my head... so I could be like Job when God decides to challenge me one day. I will be well prepared :)
2 comments:
WOW! that was quite insightful. I like the analogy with work. I definitely need to have the perspective that my life here on earth is only temporary and how all the things that I want to have don't really matter, and that I need to lose it for the sake of Jesus. I'm easily distracted by my goals that I neglect my relationship with God. I remember him. I would pray to him every now and then, but I rarely stop and be still in his presence.
Are you following the DA Carson book babe? Its funny because I'm not but I'm about to go through Job because of a Sermon I heard on it... and its kind of like what you were saying about not having a right to complain.
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