“ANY CHANGE, EVEN A CHANGE FOR THE BETTER, IS ALWAYS ACCOMPANIED BY DISCOMFORT.” ARNOLD BENNETT
CHANGE IS ALWAYS AROUND US EVERY SINGLE DAY. EVEN US WE ARE CHANGING BY EVERY HOUR, EVERY SECOND. THERE IS CHANGE IN THE SEASONS (WINTER, SPRING, SUMMER & FALL) BECAUSE OF THE EARTH’S AXIS THAT IS ANGLED 23.4 DEGREES. THERE ARE CHANGE WITH LEAVES: LEAVES CHANGE TO BEAUTIFUL EARTH TONE COLORS AND THEN FALL. ALSO A CHANGE OF LEAVES IN THE SPRING WHEN THEY GROW BACK AND TURN GREEN. CHANGE OF LOCATION: MOVING FROM ONE STATE TO ANOTHER. CHANGE WITH THE BIRDS LEAVING THE NORTH TO THE SOUTH FOR THE WINTER AND FLY BACK TO THE NORTH IN THE SPRING, CHANGE IN RELATIONSHIPS AND FRIENDSHIPS: A SEASON OF CONNECTION AND SEASON OF LETTING GO AND MOVING ON.
BUT WHAT ABOUT BROTHER JOB? HERE IS JOB SEEING HIS LIFE CHANGE BEFORE HIS VERY OWN EYES AND COULD NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. THIS MAN JOB WAS A GOD FEARING MAN. A MAN WHO DID NOT MIND WALKING HOLY, A MAN WHO DID THE RIGHT THING. HAD A BEAUTIFUL, PRETTY, AND FINE BODACIOUS WIFE WITH 10 BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN, LOTS OF ANIMALS, MAIDS AND BUTLERS, LAND, CLOTHES, MONEY, HOUSES, HE HAD IT ALL!! JUST LIKE TODAY HOW OPRAH WINFREY, BILL GATES, TYLER PERRY, DR. DRE ARE FILTHY RICH, JOB WEALTH WAS JUST LIKE THAT! FROM CHAPTER 1:1-12 IT WAS ALL GOOD UNTIL VERSE 13. IT WAS AFTER VERSE 13 UNTIL CHAPTER 42:9 IS WHEN ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE. HE LOST EVERYTHING, INCLUDING HIS HEALTH, HIS WIFE AND HIS FRIENDS.
MAYBE SOME OF YOU RIGHT NOW ARE GOING THROUGH SOME HARDSHIPS AND IT MAKING YOU WONDER WHAT HAVE I DONE TO DESERVE THIS? BUT LET ME ASK YOU THIS QUESTION: HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT THAT MAYBE, JUST MAYBE THAT GOD SPOKE SO HIGHLY OF YOU THAT HE GAVE SATAN THE PERMISSION TO WREAK HAVOC IN YOUR LIFE?
THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED TO JOB, THE LORD SPOKE HIGHLY OF HOW MUCH HE WAS SUCH AN UPRIGHT MAN, A MAN WITH INTEGRITY, A MAN WHO LOVES GOD. SATAN LOOK AT GOD AND SAID, “PLEASE THE ONLY REASON THAT JOB IS WORSHIPPING YOU IS BECAUSE YOU ARE GIVING HIM THIS GOOD AND BLESS LIFE AND THAT YOU HAVE A HEDGE OF PROTECTION ALL AROUND HIM, HIS FAMILY AND HIS BLESSINGS. BUT I GUARANTEE IF YOU TAKE THE HEDGE AWAY AND TAKE AWAY ALL OF HIS MATERIAL POSSESSION,I BET YOU HE WILL CUSS YOU OUT AND WALK AWAY FROM YOU.” SO GOD GRANTED SATAN’S REQUEST BUT THERE WAS A CLAUSE IN THE AGREEMENT IN SMALL FINE WRITING WHERE IT SAYS THAT YOU CAN TOUCH EVERYTHING AROUND HIM BUT YOU CAN NOT KILL HIM.
JOB WENT THROUGH THE EMBARRASSMENT, THE RIDICULE, THE DISAPPOINTMENT, THE PAIN OF LOSING HIS CHILDREN, HIS WIFE AND HIS FRIENDS. HE WAS ALL ALONE IN THIS PAINFUL CHANGE SEASON BUT HE KNEW THAT IN SPITE OF IT ALL HE KNEW THAT CHANGE IS INEVITABLE BUT GROWTH IS OPTIONAL, HE MADE A DECISION TO TAKE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ALLOW HIM TO GROW BECAUSE IN SPITE OF IT ALL HE KNEW THAT A CHANGE IS GONNA COME!
JOB SAID EVEN THOUGH MY GOD SLAYED ME, I KNOW THAT A CHANGE IS GONNA COME. EVEN THOUGH HE WAS LOSING EVERYTHING HE DID NOT LOSE HOPE, DID NOT LOSE FAITH, DID NOT LOSE HIS DIGNITY, DID LOSE HIS PRIDE, DID NOT LOSE HIS JOY, DID NOT LOSE HIS PEACE... HE KEPT HIS FAITH UNTIL THE CHANGE CAME. REMEMBER NO MATTER WHAT IT MAY LOOK LIKE OR FEEL LIKE JUST KNOW A CHANGE IS GOING TO COME.
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