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Scripture to read and think about today: Job 2:10
He replied, “You are talking like a foolish woman. Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?” Job 2:10
Oftentimes when we fast, it’s because we or someone we love is suffering. So why not talk about Job?
If you’re like me, when I land on the book of Job, I tend to tense up. Who wants to willingly read something filled with so much suffering? This time, though, I asked God to give me His eyes to see the beauty in Job, and that’s when verse 2:10 hit me in a new way.
Job was known to be the greatest of all the people of the east. God said, “there is no one on earth like him, he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil.” Job 2:3 He was also known to be one of the wealthiest men, and in one single day his wealth, and all ten of his children, was taken away. And if that wasn’t enough, Satan afflicted Job with “painful sores from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head.” This is when his wife had enough and told him to “Curse God and die,” and Job replied, “Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?” Job 2:10
That hit me. It’s easy to praise God when things are going well, but what do we do when things aren’t going well? Job understood that he was not entitled to only good. He trusted God enough to accept that God is sovereign, even when His ways didn’t make sense.
We live in a broken world, and we are all sinners, and with that comes suffering. I read once that someone asked C. S. Lewis, “Why do the righteous suffer?” and he replied, “Why not? They are the only ones that can take it.” And that’s because we have the hope of Jesus. We know He suffered on the cross so we can have eternal life with Him. We know our time on this earth is temporary. And we know there is always, always something to be grateful for, even, or especially, in our suffering. A heart posture of gratitude can shift everything.
But Job didn’t have the Holy Bible to reference. He didn’t know how the story would end. Yet he spoke confidently about God’s character. He knew who God was, and because of that, he was able to trust Him. That tells us Job must have been in relationship with God. And the more tethered we are to God, the easier it becomes to sit in our suffering without losing hope.
From Job’s perspective, he may have been stripped of everything in his life, but not the one thing that truly mattered. His trust in God sustained him. Instead of blaming God or walking away, Job chose to worship God and cling to his faith.
If Job were alive today and could choose a life verse, I think it would be Romans 8:28: “In all things God works for the good of those who love Him and who have been called according to His purpose.” Job understood that “all things” truly means all things. It includes the moments that fill our lives with joy and the moments that break our hearts. He trusted that God’s purpose was greater than what he could see, and that trust held him together when everything else fell apart.
His story calls us to do the same. When our own suffering feels heavy, can we pause long enough to look for God’s goodness? We don’t know what God knows, but we do know He is sovereign, and He loves us too much to waste our suffering. Job reminds us that God does not abandon us in our pain. He is holding us together, even when we feel like we are falling apart.
Deana Uhrig
Hospitality Director
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To be a conduit of Jesus to the community in front of us and the world around us. Conduit Church has a campus in Franklin, Tennessee.
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Join us every Sunday for Conduit Livestream at 9:45am CST, and you can also join us in person at 8am, 9:45am, 11:45am or 5pm.
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Scripture to read and think about today: Job 2:10
He replied, “You are talking like a foolish woman. Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?” Job 2:10
Oftentimes when we fast, it’s because we or someone we love is suffering. So why not talk about Job?
If you’re like me, when I land on the book of Job, I tend to tense up. Who wants to willingly read something filled with so much suffering? This time, though, I asked God to give me His eyes to see the beauty in Job, and that’s when verse 2:10 hit me in a new way.
Job was known to be the greatest of all the people of the east. God said, “there is no one on earth like him, he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil.” Job 2:3 He was also known to be one of the wealthiest men, and in one single day his wealth, and all ten of his children, was taken away. And if that wasn’t enough, Satan afflicted Job with “painful sores from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head.” This is when his wife had enough and told him to “Curse God and die,” and Job replied, “Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?” Job 2:10
That hit me. It’s easy to praise God when things are going well, but what do we do when things aren’t going well? Job understood that he was not entitled to only good. He trusted God enough to accept that God is sovereign, even when His ways didn’t make sense.
We live in a broken world, and we are all sinners, and with that comes suffering. I read once that someone asked C. S. Lewis, “Why do the righteous suffer?” and he replied, “Why not? They are the only ones that can take it.” And that’s because we have the hope of Jesus. We know He suffered on the cross so we can have eternal life with Him. We know our time on this earth is temporary. And we know there is always, always something to be grateful for, even, or especially, in our suffering. A heart posture of gratitude can shift everything.
But Job didn’t have the Holy Bible to reference. He didn’t know how the story would end. Yet he spoke confidently about God’s character. He knew who God was, and because of that, he was able to trust Him. That tells us Job must have been in relationship with God. And the more tethered we are to God, the easier it becomes to sit in our suffering without losing hope.
From Job’s perspective, he may have been stripped of everything in his life, but not the one thing that truly mattered. His trust in God sustained him. Instead of blaming God or walking away, Job chose to worship God and cling to his faith.
If Job were alive today and could choose a life verse, I think it would be Romans 8:28: “In all things God works for the good of those who love Him and who have been called according to His purpose.” Job understood that “all things” truly means all things. It includes the moments that fill our lives with joy and the moments that break our hearts. He trusted that God’s purpose was greater than what he could see, and that trust held him together when everything else fell apart.
His story calls us to do the same. When our own suffering feels heavy, can we pause long enough to look for God’s goodness? We don’t know what God knows, but we do know He is sovereign, and He loves us too much to waste our suffering. Job reminds us that God does not abandon us in our pain. He is holding us together, even when we feel like we are falling apart.
Deana Uhrig
Hospitality Director
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#conduitchurch #worship #Jesus #God #Franklin #Tennessee #churchonline #mission
__
To be a conduit of Jesus to the community in front of us and the world around us. Conduit Church has a campus in Franklin, Tennessee.
__
Join us every Sunday for Conduit Livestream at 9:45am CST, and you can also join us in person at 8am, 9:45am, 11:45am or 5pm.
__
*Get the CHURCH CENTER app for all the latest events and info. Download in your app store and search Conduit Church
