Job 13:15

Though He slay me, I will hope in Him.

Job has lost everything. God has allowed Satan to take everything that is dear to Job away from him, because God knows that Job will not turn from Him. Job proves God right when he tells his friends that even though all of these bad things are happening to him, though everything has been taken from him, Job will continue to put his hope in God.

Thoughts for the day...
Could I do it? If God allowed everything to be taken from me--my family, my children, my livelihood--could I still put my trust in Him? I know how angry I was with God when He took my dad. I know how very angry I was with God when we lost our first babies. I cannot imagine how I would be should he take everything from me. I pray that I'll never have to find out, but I have to be honest and say that it would incredibly difficult. Yet that's what this passage tells me I have to do.

God loves me more than any other creation; He's told me this in His word. He wants me to call out to Him, to hold on to Him, to rely on Him. He wants to be my Father. As I sit and think about it, when Dad died six and a half years ago, I was so angry at God. Yet I found when I let go of my anger and asked God to be with me, I felt Him there. It took a few days, but I did begin to put my hope in God again. I don't want to imagine what it would be like to lose Lisa, Landon, our house, my job. And initially I know I would be angry. I would ask God why He allowed this to happen. But this passage and God's word will always come back to me and show me that I can hope in Him, and it'll all be all right.

My Prayer
God, thank you for Your blessings on my life. Thank you for Lisa, for Landon, for my family, for Grace, for our jobs--for all the gifts you have given me! Father, I come to You so easily when things are going well, but I pray that I will have the strength to come to You just as easily when things go badly, too. I pray that when hard times come, I will seek Your face and You will hold me and just be my Father, letting me know that You're there, and that things are going to be okay.