“The Lord gives and the Lord takes away…” so goes the verse in Job 1:21, and yet in all that was taken from Job, wife, children, servants, flocks, health…yet let’s hear how Job reacted. “Blessed be the name of the LORD!” Now, I must ask, is that my attitude? If Jesus is in me, and working for my very own good, then what I receive must be from Him and what I lose must be from Him. Faith is all about trusting Him in what ever situations in life I find myself. What I have, the Lord Jesus has given me, and what I lose, or is taken from me is what is “suppose” to happen! I am warned in the Word to “think it not strange” when I am tested. Don’t be surprised when trials and tests come, but count it all joy. It is so “easy” to rejoice in the Lord and be “all” happy when everything is going my way. But let the pressure be applied to the grape (me) and let’s see what the juice inside really taste like. Does it taste like the Lord Jesus, sweet? Can I rejoice when I lose out? Can I rejoice when I come up on the bottom. Can I really rejoice when things don’t go my way? Can I rejoice when rejected and abused and taken advantage of? That is the sweet juice of the Lord Jesus.
“ Lord, when I am tested, let them taste of Your sweet juice and not my bitterness. I reckon myself dead to this world and You alive in me. Live in me and thru me and show the world of Yourself, living in me. Blessed be the name of the Lord!” And that name is Jesus. Be blessed.
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