Today’s Thought “Happy People” G. Ward

 Job 2: ⁹ Then his wife said to him, “Do you still hold firm your integrity? Curse God and die!” ¹⁰ But he said to her, “You are speaking as one of the foolish women speaks. Shall we actually accept good from God but not accept adversity?” Despite all this, Job did not sin with his lips.

 

Spiritual integrity is synonymous with self-honesty and Job was a picture of both. His example – authentically desired a love relationship with Holy God. There was absolutely no pretense in awakening each day and allowing his feet to hit the floor to say “Thank You Lord for awakening me this morning” (as if to say it’s so much better in earth, than Heaven), to then adjourn to yesterday’s mediocrity (i.e., to do what I want, to think as I’ve thought and then govern myself according to a presumed morality that seeks to be good amidst many who are not). Job would hear of devastating loss of so much (particularly in view of his own wealth), but his agony upon hearing everything was gone – culminated in horrific news of his children’s demise (1:20); he then worshipped the Lord’s presence as greatest (1:21-22).

While our Lord sought a preparation for any who’d follow, HE never intended our lives to more perceive a wrongful assessment of the many points of admonishing in HIS Word (cf.*1 Pe.4:7); but that’d we be named among those found “faithful” both during suffering and then to know more of the same is ahead (John 15:18-20); HE’S yet a present help (Psalm 46:1)…