“God will never leave you…”

 

	“The Lord blessed the latter part of Job’s life more than the former part.”
	—Job 42:12

Everyone faces little annoyances in the course of our daily lives. But sometimes something really big happens that knocks us flat.

Perhaps its the loss of a loved one, the dissolution of a marriage, a devastating accident, the termination of employment, or some other tragic event. Whatever this intrusion may be, it throws us for a loop.

Consider the Patriarch, Job. His devotion to God was tested in a striking way. He lost his children and all of his possessions along with his health. But the tragedy of Job's life was not the end of the story.

Take note of these closing words to Job’s narrative as recorded in Job 42:12-16:

The Lord blessed the latter part of Job’s life more than the former part. He had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand yoke of oxen and a thousand donkeys. And he also had seven sons and three daughters.

The first daughter he named Jemimah, the second Keziah and the third Keren-Happuch. Nowhere in all the land were there found women as beautiful as Job’s daughters, and their father granted them an inheritance along with their brothers.

After this, Job lived a hundred and forty years; he saw his children and their children to the fourth generation.

God has a perfect plan for each one of us who belong to Him. In the midst of the trials and tragedies of life, we need to learn how to fall backwards into the safety of His loving arms.

 

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