We're no Job

The problem is that we're no Job!

"Finally, Job stepped out of character..."

Out of character. Let's look back at Job's character. Job 1:1b says, "He was a truly good person, who respected God and refused to do evil." 1:3b says, "He was the richest person in the East." 1:5b says, "He would get up early the next morning and offer a sacrifice for each of them, just in case they had sinned or silently cursed God."

Job 1: 1b and 3b are pretty self explanatory. But let me give those of you who won't search the scriptures for yourself..(yes, that was a slur..but I'm not judging you..it is what it is)..background info about 5b. Job's sons would invite their sisters over and take turns throwing huge parties in their respective homes.

Scripture doesn't say this but I don't know of any young men who only like to party with their sisters or any young women who only like to party with their brothers. So. My take on this is the equivalent of a BC rave! But. I digress. Job would always send for his kids after every party and perform a Lord-forgive-them-if-they-hung-from-chandeliers-naked ceremony.

Ok. So. Where was I? Oh, yes. We're no Job! Job stepped OUT of his character and began to question and blame God. Which means it wasn't his normal MO. He stepped out of his character...(drum roll)...and into the character that many of us assume every day.

Oh. Wait, that's just me? Ok. Fine. Then you can stop reading now. I'll just keep blogging to myself. (Come on, it's just you and me here..let's keep it real!)

So. Job's a good guy. So am I. (I'm sure you are too, but I'm not talking about you, remember!) And he respects God. So do I. He refuses to do evil. Ummm. Ok, I try to keep it on the up and up...but refuses? No. He's lost me. Richest person in the East. LOL. Gets up early and offer a sacrifice for his grown kids JUST IN CASE they messed up. Hmmmm, let me think. If it's before 6am I'm going to need some concrete proof that there was indeed a sin that required me to get up find the bull, build the fire, prepare the bull, sprinkle the blood....(Y'all remember all the things God laid out that had to be done to offer up a sin sacrifice)...and so forth and so on. Nope.

No. I'm no Job. I tend to question God from the start. I'm working on that. Learning to trust Him no matter how bad things look. But the truth of the matter is that even though I might have taken the news of the first disaster in stride, after the news of the third I would have been like, "Really, God, are you kidding me?" And after hearing that not one but ALL of my children had died in a freak wind storm...I would have been done for sure. I'd have been like, "God WHO?" (Don't judge me, I'm just keeping it real!) But not Job. In spite of everything v 22 tells us "Job did not sin or accuse God of doing wrong". He in fact "knelt on the ground, then worshiped God" (v 20b). 

No! Emphatically NO! I am no Job! I strive to be. But I'm just not there yet. If you kept reading just to see where I was going with this thing...won't you please tell me how you do it!