Job 23:11-12

Job 23:11-12 11 My feet have closely followed his steps; I have kept to his way without turning aside. 12 I have not departed from the commands of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my daily bread.

In the middle of all of this mourning and complaining comes this statement. This verse reminded me of something really important. That is no matter how good you think you are, how well you do your devotions or how often you attend worship services bad things still happen. Now I know that sounds like a no brained comment, but over the last 30 plus years the Health and Wealth Gospel movement have basically claimed if you don’t do anything wrong God will reward you. It’s amazing in all my dealings with Health and Wealth people I’ve never heard them mention Job. Things happen. And while we need to depend upon God we need to do his commandments our devotions the best we can while we are in the problem.