Can You Trust God When Hardship Hits?
APRIL 12
When Jesus heard that, He said, “This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it.” John 11:4
The devil’s charge against Job was that Job didn’t really love God—that the only reason he served God was that God had bribed him. So God said, “To prove He loves me, Satan, you can take anything from him except his life.”
Even after Satan did his worst, however, Job continued to serve the Lord and said, “Though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him…” (Job 13:15). Isn’t that great?
God often gets the glory through our trials. There are servants of God today, special people who’ve been chosen of God to shut the devil’s mouth by saying, “Though I do not have physical health or a lot of this world’s goods, I love God. Jesus Christ is real to me, and Jesus Christ is enough for me.”
Sometimes sickness may glorify God. Andrew Murray, a dear old saint, wrote:
In times of trouble, the trusting child of God may say, “First, He brought me here. It is by His will that I’m in this great place. Next, He will keep me here in His love and give me grace in this trial to behave as His child. Then He will make the trial a blessing, teaching me the lessons He intends for me to learn and working in the grace He means to bestow. And in His good time He can bring me out again. How and when—He knows.”
So many people have an “if” faith: “Lord, if you do this...” But what you need is a “though” faith. “Though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him.” And that shuts the mouth of the devil!
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