".......he fell to the ground and worshiped"

Job.......a man who walked through incredible trials, lost all his thousands of animals, his many servants, his house and all of his children. I cannot even begin to imagine the pain and suffering this "blameless, upright, God fearing man" endured.

If you read the book of Job, you will hear one of the most heart wrenching stories of loss. Job lost everything he owned and all of his children and yet, we read in Job 1:20-22, how he responded to his loss......

"Then Job arose and tore his robe and shaved his head, and he fell to the ground and worshiped. He said, Naked I came from my mother's womb and naked I shall return there. The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away. Blessed be the name of the Lord." Through all this Job did not sin nor did he blame God."

OH MY GOODNESS.........THIS is how he responded to all of this devastation! He fell to the ground and worshiped the God he loved, lived for and believed in. He knew already that there was more to life than just the one we spend on this earth. He knew he had an eternal home in heaven and even through this unbelieveable tragedy, Job did not deny Christ.

Job makes an exceptionally powerful statement in chapter 2:10b when he said the following....."Shall we indeed accept good from God and not accept adversity?"

Job had perfect understanding that we must accept the good along with the bad in our lives. God is in control of it all. God allowed all of the above things to happen to Job. He did not instigate them, but He did allow them. In the end, God doubled his wealth and his possessions and gave him more children. Chapter 41 verse 12 says..."The Lord blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning...."

There is much more to this story and many lessons to be learned within this story. Tonight, I encourage you to remember that God IS in control of everything in this world. We often do not understand why we are going through the things we are, but we CAN be assured that God IS in control.

Remember.....when tested and stripped of almost everything......

JOB FELL TO THE GROUND AND WORSHIPED! His reaction is a lesson for us all.