Are we Ready to Accept anything From the Lord?

Are we Ready to Accept anything From the Lord?

On another day the angels came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came with them to present himself before Him. And the Lord said to Satan, "Have you seen My servant, Job? There is no one on earth like him. He has a good relationship with Me and he always does what is right. And he still has not cursed Me, even after you had all his animals stolen and all his sons and daughters killed." Satan replied. "Job is good because You protect him. Hurt his body and he will surely curse You to Your face." The Lord said to Satan, "Very well, then, he is in your hands. You can hurt him, but you can’t kill him.” So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord and made Job’s skin break out with painful sores all over his body. Then Job took a piece of broken pottery and scraped himself with it as he sat among the ashes. Job’s wife said to him, " Curse God and die!" Job replied “If we accept blessings from God, we must accept trouble as well." ." In all this, Job did not sin by saying that God had done something wrong to him. When Job's three friends, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite, heard about all the troubles that had come upon Job, they came and sat on the ground with him for 7 days and nights. No one said a word to him, because they saw how sad he was. Job was so sad about everything that had happened – about all of his animals being stolen and all his children dying and all the painful sores all over his body – that he suddenly cried out to God and to his friends saying he shouldn’t have born to go through all this” Job’s friends said, “Job, God must be punishing you for your sin.” Then a great storm started to form in the sky and God’s voice came out of the storm. “You are right, Job. Good things happen to everyone and bad things happen to everyone. You have done very well to keep your faith and not curse Me, even through everything that has happened to you. Now I will reward you .”And over the next few years, God gave Job twice as many animals as he had before and He gave Job seven more sons and three more daughters and He let Job live  140 years.

Lesson to be Learnt:

1.      “If we accept blessings from God, we must accept trouble as well." There are times when we feel God has permitted some problems in our life. But this statement made by Job is very correct. There are times when God has blessed us immensely, then we praised Him for His goodness. But when things go wrong do we still praise Him as Job did?

2.      When trouble comes everyone around us may think that we have sinned and God is punishing us.  But if we have truly repented for our sins and asked for His forgiveness, then there is no way possible that He punishes us. God loves us. He allows such trails to mould us and shape us to transform us like Him. We cannot always learn greater lessons from the Lord if we are not willing to surrender to whatever He does. But once when we have totally emptied us and surrendered to Him, We will surely have peace beyond understanding.

Job 2:10

(CEV)  Job replied, "Don't talk like a fool! If we accept blessings from God, we must accept trouble as well." In all that happened, Job never once said anything against God.

(Hindi) उस ने उस से कहा, तू एक मूढ़ स्त्री की सी बातें करती है, क्या हम जो परमेश्वर के हाथ से सुख लेते हैं, दु:ख न लें? इन सब बातोंमें भी अय्यूब ने अपके मुंह से कोई पाप नहीं किया।

(Kan) ಆದರೆ ಅವನು ಅವಳಿಗೆ--ಮೂರ್ಖ ಹೆಂಗಸರಲ್ಲಿ ಒಬ್ಬಳು ಮಾತನಾಡುವ ಪ್ರಕಾರ ನೀನೂ ಮಾತನಾಡುವಿಯಾ? ದೇವರ ಕೈಯಿಂದ ಒಳ್ಳೇದನ್ನು ಹೊಂದುತ್ತೇವಲ್ಲಾ? ಕೆಟ್ಟದ್ದನ್ನು ಹೊಂದುವದು ಬೇಡವೋ ಅಂದನು. ಇವೆಲ್ಲವುಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಯೋಬನು ತನ್ನ ತುಟಿಗಳಿಂದ ಪಾಪಮಾಡಲಿಲ್ಲ.

(Mal) അവന്‍ അവളോടുഒരു പൊട്ടി സംസാരിക്കുന്നതുപോലെ നീ സംസാരിക്കുന്നു; നാം ദൈവത്തിന്റെ കയ്യില്‍നിന്നു നന്മ കൈക്കൊള്ളുന്നു; തിന്മയും കൈക്കൊള്ളരുതോ എന്നു പറഞ്ഞു. ഇതില്‍ ഒന്നിലും ഇയ്യോബ് അധരങ്ങളാല്‍ പാപം ചെയ്തില്ല.

 (Tamil OV)  அதற்கு அவன்: நீ பயித்தியக்காரி பேசுகிறதுபோலப் பேசுகிறாய்; தேவன் கையிலே நன்மையைப் பெற்ற நாம் தீமையையும் பெறவேண்டாமோ என்றான்; இவைகள் எல்லாவற்றிலும் யோபு தன் உதடுகளினால் பாவஞ்செய்யவில்லை.

(Telugu)  అందుకతడుమూర్ఖురాలు మాటలాడునట్లు నీవు మాటలాడుచున్నావు; మనము దేవునివలన మేలు అనుభవించుదుమా, కీడును మనము అనుభవింప తగదా అనెను. ఈ సంగతులలో ఏ విషయ మందును యోబునోటి మాటతోనైనను పాపము చేయలేదు.