God, You’re to be praised in all circumstances. I consider Your servant Job who in one day lost his donkeys, oxen, sheep, servants, camels, and children. Yet, in the midst, he fell to the ground and worshipped You. He said, “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will depart. The LORD gave and the LORD has taken away; may the Name of the LORD be praised.” In suffering, he “did not sin by charging [You] with wrongdoing.” “Job did not hide his…grief. He had not lost his faith in God…” (Job 1:20-22 & NIV LASB Commentary). Jesus, no matter, help me never to lose my faith in You. In Your Name, Amen.
Monthly Archives: December 2012
At the End of My Life, Decemeber 5
Father, You give sound learning (Pr. 4:2 NIV). At the end of my life, keep me from saying, “How I hated discipline! How my heart spurned instruction. I would not obey my teachers or listen to my instructors.” Keep me from coming to the brink of utter ruin in the midst of the whole assembly (Pr. 5:11-14 NIV). Help me to pay attention to Your wisdom and to listen well to Your words of insight that I may maintain discretion and my lips preserve knowledge” (Pr. 5:1-2 NIV). Encourage me in heart and unite me in love for in Your Son, Jesus, are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge (Col. 2:2-3 NIV). In Jesus,’ Amen.
Solid in the Faith 