IT'S

ALL ABOUT


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What would Job have done to glorify God? He stuck with Him for quite a ways before God stepped in to display His position. Job was really on God's side, I think.

I wonder if things had been a bit different if Job would have been willing to glorify God. Maybe God even knew that Job wouldn't go all the way.

If God had come to Job and said,, "Job?" "I've got a little task for you. You don't have to take it on, but I have my reason for asking. I'd like to glorify Myself through you. If you will just suffer the loss of your children, lands, cattle, and friends, in addition to extreme physical stress in the form of boils, etc., just for a season, it will glorify Me and My Name. And afterwards, I'll restore everything ten fold. How about it?" Would Job have agreed to suffer all he did, the way Christ agreed to glorify God with his death?

What if Job had had these thoughts about glorifying God, instead of God talking to him? What if Job concluded, based on God's track record, that the untoward events he was suffering were being allowed by God for His glorification; even if Job didn't understand how that might come about? What if Job said in his heart, "God must be behind these fateful things, and He does things for His Own sake, and He's chosen me to be a player in this event of His glorification?"

Do you think that that kind of thinking would have given Job any relief from the stress he was experiencing? I do.

By recognizing God's allowance of our troubles, we might be more able to gain relief in adversity. God allows our challenges, ultimately, to bring about His glorification. He's using even our life details to serve His purpose of exposing His reality to the world; before setting up His Millennial Kingdom.

When trouble hits, remember, God is glorifying Himself though us. Give God a hand. He wants your help.

Adversity is for more than our training, our faithing. Those things are based on God's glorification, too.

Are you in a Jam? It's all about God.







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