TEXT JOB 4:4-7
CLASSIC
TOPIC : OVERCOMING ADVERSITIES.
[4]Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees.
[5]But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.
[6]Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?
[7]Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?
Periods of adversity are dark times.
At these times, you need strength.
The closest of friends may display their humanity because they are also confused.
It is at times like this that friends start to ask themselves if your sins are not responsible for your troubles.
Eliphaz, Jobs friend declared that job should search himself that his sins are responsible for his adversity.
At this time, if you do not receive strength, you would be drowned.
No one is too strong that he cannot be destroyed by adversity.
Ask John the Baptist, the one who bapthized Christ, he was a victim of adversity.
One of the ways to draw strength in times of adversity is the understanding of the revelation of the love of God.
Another is the comfort of scripture.
LOVE OF GOD.
The bible said in 1 John 3:1,
"Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not."
This scripture said, see the dimension of love. It's so deep that it is difficult to understand.
Imagine if the new governor of your state were to give you a call and say, "we want to honor you", how would you feel?
Here is the monarch of the whole universe reaching out to you that He loves you.
In Jeremiah 31:3, the bible declared,
'The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee."
Beloved,this is true.
In the book of Romans 8:28, the voice of the Lord said,
"And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose."
We are privy to some knowledge, some deep truths that it will end in our advantage.
This is the confidence of the believer.
God bless you.
With the God I serve, nothing shall be impossible.
Your case is not bigger than God.
May you have a God filled day in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
Your Victory is already guaranteed
It is well, do not give up, with God all things are possible
(Please be a blessing to seven persons by sending to them devotionals)
For further reading,
1 Samuel 12,13.
2 John 2.
Pastor Obi Ejikeme
Senior Pastor
House of faith, Nigeria
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