BBD 05.10.10 Trouble (Classic 2001)
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(A Devotional Classic from 2001)
05.10.10
Trouble
Yet man is born to trouble. - Job 5:7a.
Man who is born of woman is of few days and full of trouble. - Job 14:1.
A recent letter to a business columnist states: "Recently I messed* up a
really important project. I'm so embarrassed in front of my co-workers that
I hate going to work." It was signed, "First-time failure." (*Not actual
word used.)
I think the writer has it right when they indicate it is only the first time
that they will fail. I am just surprised that they are only now having their
first failure. In regard to trouble you are in one of three areas. You have
just gotten out of trouble. You are in trouble right now, or you are headed
for trouble.
Job had more than his share of trouble. His family was destroyed along with
all of his possessions. From there it became even worse with his physical
body being attacked by disease. Job says in Job 5:7 "man is born to
trouble." But after going through even more trauma Job repeats this and
adds to his previous statement in Job 14:1 where he says "Man who is born of
woman is of few days and full of trouble." Man did not just have trouble in
life but it was "full of trouble" according to Job.
Even the apostle Paul had his share of problems (2 Corinthians 11:23-28). If
Paul had problems you can be sure that every Christian is going to have
problems as well. But the difference between the child of God and the
non-Christian is that God promises to go with us through the problems of
life. The Psalmist says "God is our refuge and our strength, a very present
help in the time of trouble (Psalm 46:1)." Jesus says in John 16:33 "These
things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you
will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world."
Yes, we will have trouble, problems, trials, and difficulties in this world.
However, we must not focus on them but upon the problem solver. David said
in Psalm 73:16, "I tried to think this problem through, but it was too
difficult for me, until I went into Your temple." When the day of trouble
comes let us take them to the Lord.
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