Walking In Newness Of Life

Week Seven

Everyday Living

Day Forty-Three

[Remember to always begin your Bible study with prayer.]

Probably the greatest difficulty any of us have in living the Christian life is simply not giving up. As the Hebrew writer said (10:36). "You have need of endurance...". Our everyeday life is constantly handing us problems and disappointments. There are times for all of us when such things seem overwhelming. We are thankful, though, that God has in His word given us a prescription for properly and happily encountering the trials of life. As we noticed briefly in a previous lesson, Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Solomon (coupled with the principles of the New Testament), give us the key ingredients to the right approach to living. Remember that the New Testament was written to Christians, and by extension to everyone who becomes a Christian no matter when that occurs. Now, on to our daily lesson.

1. The book of Job teaches us how to deal with the problem of suffering. Let us learn some of the main lessons of this book. Begin today by reading the first chapter of Job. Write down some things in this chapter that especially impress you about:

Job's Character;

Satan;

The severity of the trial:

God.

2. There are two things of which we need to make a special note from the chapter.

a. The Lord's bost of Job in verse 8. Would God be able to say this about you?

b. Satan's accusation in verse 9. Satan is saying that the only reason that Job serves God is for the physical blessings which he receives. if these blessings were taken away, Satan believes that Job will cease serving God. This brings up the question of why we serve God. Is there anything that we could lose or that could happen to us in this life that would cause us to stop serving God? Is there anything in your life of which this would be true? Obviously, God would not be pleased with such an attitude.

** Pray that God will help you persevere through the trials of life.

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