His wife said, “Still holding on to your precious integrity, are you? Curse God and be done with it.”
Job 2:9
When Job and his wife went through a series of very painful losses, and then Job suffered a crushing illness, instead of encouraging Job, she said, “Job, you’ve always done the right thing, and see what you get.
Just curse God and give up.”
Fortunately, even though he didn’t understand why it had happened, Job knew better than to make judgments based on one season of his life.
He declared that God’s favor had been on his life, and that this storm was not permanent.
By faith, Job weathered the great storm and eventually came out of it with double and lived a long, blessed life.
Every person has unfair, painful seasons.
But you have to remind yourself that it’s just a season.
It’s not the rest of your life.
Don’t make a judgment based on a betrayal or a setback that’s temporary.
Don’t give up on your dreams, lose your passion, or live bitter. The storm may be difficult, but what God is about to do is going to supersede anything you’ve ever seen.
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