Today’s Thought “Misplaced Modifier” G. Ward

His wife said to him, "Are you still maintaining your integrity? Curse God and die!" Job 2:9

Grief is that tumultuous experience that visits every man throughout his lifetime. Jesus Himself was on many occasions grieved, so it shares no one is exempt (Lk.19:41, Jn.11:35). Emotion and the demonstration therein can either be the opportunity for others to rejoice with us, or to enjoin (via influence) empathetically so, unto anger mode.

Students in Truth are warned about tragedy and the demand for trust in God. Although we’ve witnessed spiritual giants like Jeremiah and Job scolding Holy God in their great grief (Jer.20:14, Job 3:3, 11), we fail to experience their resolve, the sovereignty of Holy God. To what appears to be our end, implicit trust must become the practice (2 Ti.2:15) that uncovers the answers within our soul perpetuating Romans 8:18, “For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that is to be revealed to us.”

Happy Friday!