And the LORD restored Job’s losses when he prayed for his friends. Indeed the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before. After this Job lived one hundred and forty years, and saw his children and grandchildren for four generations. So Job died, old and full of days.
Job 42:10,16-17 (NKJV)
Job went through some really trying and challenging times. His ordeal by today's standards will evoke the unthinkable. But his faith in his God and Creator was not attached to the material possessions, fruits of his baskets, his personal accomplishments and status in his days. Do we come to him or sing his praise because of what we can get from Him? Whether we abound or lack, can our testimony in Him remain intact and not be compromised?
The trying and challenging seasons of life are a blessing in disguise. It rids us of excess fat in our faith muscle. It detaches us from unprofitable relationships and mindsets, it removes the smokescreen and exposes pretenders and phony elements around us and even in our thoughts as well. At the end of the season, if we faint not, our latter days will be more glorious than our former days.
Be encouraged,
Afolabi
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