May 28, 2010

Today's reading: Esther 10; Job 1, 2; Psalm 28, 58, 88, 118, 148; Proverbs 28

Job 1:8, "And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?" (escheweth - to turn off)

I have been thinking about Memorial Day this week as I prepare to teach the teen Sunday School class again this week. I am very excited. It is not often that teens care about some old guy coming to teach their class. Last time the lesson I prepared was a dead as a door knob. I don't know what happened. I hope this week will be the direct opposite. I hope and pray that God will meet with us and everyone will be challenged through His Word.

In our Scripture for today I was reminded of how Job's life was a memorial to God. Notice the ownership God shows. He said, "Hast thou considered my servant Job". He goes on to say, "there is none like him in the earth...". What a testimony! When people look at my life do they see a memorial to God? I hope so.

Notice Job's reaction to having just lost everything including his children. Job 1:20-21, "Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped, And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD." (worshipped - to prostrate)

What a testimony of Job to God. I don't know if I could say that or not. I hope I never find out. However; I fear differently. You never know what has been brought into your life so that others will see Christ in you and give them hope or even lead them to desire a personal relationship with Him.

Too many of us want to follow the instructions of Job's wife in Job 2:9, "Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die."

What is your memorial to?