“So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and
smote Job with sore boils from the soil of his foot to his crown. And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself
with; and he sat down among the ashes.
Then said his wife to him, Do you still retain your integrity? Curse God, and die. But he said to her, You speak as one of the
foolish women speak. What? Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and
shall we not receive evil? In all this
did not Job sin with his lips”
Job 2: 7-10
As I read this scripture, I thought about a prayer that I’d
prayed to God during the start of 2015. I
prayed and asked the Lord to draw me closer to Him. I wanted to start the year off praying more
fervently and often. I’d seen Jesus do
so many miraculous miracles in my life, and my spirit was crying out for more
of God.
As I got closer to
the Lord, He began to speak to me about staying in His word. Every time that I would get down to pray, it
seems I would always be encouraged to stay in the word. I began to read every chance that I got. In between my walks outside, on the way to
town, and especially in my secret place of prayer the Lord was speaking to me. “Satiate yourself in My Word”, He
spoke to me one morning.
I did not know then of the battle later that year that I would
face when I was diagnosed with breast cancer.
But, Jesus knew what was in my future, and He knew that it would require
a strong faith to face this Goliath. He
wanted to prepare me for the journey ahead.
We never know what we are to face in this life, but God
does. He will be with us when things are going good, and when they are not. If He is laying upon your heart to
draw closer to Him in prayer and bible study, please make yourself available to
do so. We are not promised that we will
have only good things happen to us, but we will also go through times of
adversity. The Lord loves us enough to
prepare us. He knows that He is the only
One that can take us through such trying times.
The Word of God is our strong tower.
Pick it up and read it daily.
Have faith in Jesus Christ, that through Him we can face any Goliath
that dares stand in our path. The Word
of God, and prayer, is the only way we’re going to stand.
