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Thank you Father for the blessing of this NEW day. Please continue to fill our HEARTS AND MINDS with Your TRUTH AND LOVE so we STAY FOCUSED DURING the TRIALS of TODAY. Abba, during this time of Elul, and everyday, we ask you to help us to SEE our SINs, REPENT from them, CONFESS them, AND BE CLEANSED by Your Mighty Right Hand. IN YESHUA, JESUS CHRIST’s Mighty Name we ask these things Father. AMEN! - The 40 Days of Elul (Day 3): Trials With Job - Part 1 - Blessed Job “In the land of Uz there lived a man whose name was Job. This man was blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil. He had seven sons and three daughters, and he owned seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen and five hundred donkeys, and had a large number of servants. He was the greatest man among all the people of the East. His sons used to hold feasts in their homes on their birthdays, and they would invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them. When a period of feasting had run its course, Job would make arrangements for them to be purified. Early in the morning he would sacrifice a burnt offering for each of them, thinking, “Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job’s regular custom.” Job 1:1-5 NIV We first begin in The Book of Job when Life is going pretty awesome. Job “walked with God” in a faithful and righteous manner, making right choices based in God’s Word. As we can see, Job was a model for us as believers. Job was rewarded for his faithfulness and prospered greatly. Job was not only wealthy monetarily, but also was blessed with 10 children and many animals. His flocks were vast. It is apparent that Job must have been a respected and powerful man because of the blessings Our Father had bestowed upon him. Righteous, respected, wealthy, and blessed as he was, Job still took time everyday, sacrificed his time and resources, and blessed his children so that they would be in good standing with Our Father, as he was. At this point it is hard not to look at Job’s life and say: “Wow, now there is a good Christian,” but… trials will come to all christians in this life… as we will soon see. Job is not an “everyman” character. When we examine Job’s life we can see that he “went the extra mile” in everything. He was the guy who: gave extra, served more, prayed constantly, and followed God unceasingly. Quite frankly, he was more disciplined, selfless, giving, and Loving than most… maybe more than all of us who will read this. Let’s be real, of course he was! He was “the greatest man among all the people of the East” (Job1:3)! Job seems to be the guy who, if he lived today, everyone would look up to and admire for his amazing walk with God. For all intensive purposes he was a preacher, prophet, pastor, missionary, and mentor for all. This is where things get difficult to understand for a lot of Christians. Although Job was a model citizen in The Kingdom of Our Father In Heaven, devastation was close at hand. All of the wonderful things Job was doing made him stick out, set-apart (holy), and in a very noticeable way. The things that made Job stick out were exactly the reason the father of lies came looking for him. Job was “A Light” in the darkness and the enemy chose Job because of his right-standing with God Almighty, not in spite of it. Unfortunately, many, including Jobs friends, would believe the later, but as we will find out, they are wrong. It is obvious that Job represented “The Best of The Best” when it comes to followers of The Word. Job was far from average. He was neither lukewarm nor cold, but “On Fire” for God as we might say today. Job was obedient, blessed, and well respected. None of this could stop the wrath that was about to come in and upon his life. As we are soon to see, being “Good” does not prevent struggle and trials from entering our lives, but because of them… we can grow in Our Father’s Ways and be more blessed than at first. Stand strong Brothers and Sisters. Though we may be facing trials, if we but stay faithful, let God Our Father do His Work, and have faith… Our blessings will be larger than the ones of our past days. Prayer: Dear Heavenly Father, You are Kind, Merciful, and Wise, please help us to better understand Your Plan as we journey through The Book of Your Servant Job this week. Help us to see The Hope of You, Your Deliverance, Our Redemption, and Salvation even when we have to face pain in this life. Give us fortitude, help us “set our faces like flynt,” and help us to always see Your Guiding Mighty Right Hand, Yeshua, Jesus Christ, in all that may be happening. Bless You Father, we Love You Father, and we pray these things in The Mighty Name of Your Word and Anointed Redeemer, Yeshua Ha’Mashiach, Jesus Christ. Amen. Extra Thoughts During Elul: During this time of Elul, we take a good, hard, long look at where we are spiritually, in a spirit of repentance, ahead of The Feast of Trumpets and The Day of Atonement, The High Holiest Day of The Year. In the month of Elul, we begin the journey of finding our way back to our truest relationship with our best self, which is when we are connected to Our Father and Savior, growing in godliness. It is very interesting that in the Aramaic language the word “Elul” means “search”. How fitting as we take this time to search deeply into our hearts, minds, and souls to find our way back to the best version of ourselves… The one that is loving Our Mighty Father and Savior with all our hearts, souls, minds, and strength. “I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine. He feeds his flock among the lilies.” Song of Solomon 6:3
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