Though
he slay me, yet will I
trust
in him.
Job 13:15
I am the first to admit that it is
difficult for my finite mind to grasp the life of Job. He, unlike any man on
earth was blameless and upright in his walk with God. Yet, God initiated a
trial in the life of Job when He asked satan, “Have you considered my servant
Job?” Why? There are probably many answers to that question, but I find Job’s
response more compelling than all of his adversity.
“Though he slay me, yet will I trust in
him,” was Job’s confident response to his doubting friend.
In all of Job’s heartache, grief and loss,
he was willing to die still trusting God. Wow! I must then ask myself, “Can I
do any less than Job?” Whether raising children, working a job, in ministry or
all of those things, can we—those of us who call ourselves followers of Christ—do
any less than Job?
I submit to you that fear must flee as we
bow before our Heavenly Father and trust Him for our future. I do not want to
be the one left crippled in defeat. I do not want to be the one that gives up
only to die. I may grow weak and weary in the struggle, but I know that my God
will rescue me. Faith in God wins every time.
Like Job, let us determine that “Though he
slay me, yet will I trust in him.”
©JP2013
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