The scripture for today, June 9 (6/9), is Job 6:9-8 found in the Old Testament of the Bible:
“Oh, that I might have my request, that God would grant what I hope for, that God would be willing to crush me, to let loose his hand and cut me off!”
Job was suffering terribly. The Bible says he had sores all over his body. There were other symptoms listed elsewhere in Job that indicate he had a form of leprosy. Now he just wanted to die.
When we get into a life problem that seems hopeless, do we just give up and say, “God, I can’t go on like this. Just take my life right now. It’s too hard. I can’t do it anymore.”?
God knows what you are going through. God knows that Satan is attacking you. When things are desperately low, your job is just to hang on. It often takes God time to shift around a lot of other people’s lives in order to alleviate your pain.
Remember, God hurts just as much when you suffer as when he watched his own Son suffer on the cross. His Son’s suffering accomplished something wonderful for others. So too, some day your suffering will somehow in some way accomplish something good. And ultimately, just by surviving, Satan loses and God wins.
This too will pass. You may not think so, but it will. You may think you will never smile again, never want to go around people again, never sing again. But you will. Just as Job did, you will.
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The scripture for today, June 7 (6/7), is Ephesians 6:7 as found in the New Testament of the Bible:
“But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it.”
“Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way, you will fulfill the law of Christ.”
“O Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath.”
“Brothers, pray for us.”
“Let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream.”
“The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Against such things, there is no law.”
“We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us.”
“Speak to one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord.”