Kiss The Wave | Week One

“I have learned to kiss the wave that throws me against the Rock of Ages.”  

– Charles Spurgeon 

There was a man in the country of Uz named Job. He was a man of complete integrity, who feared God and turned away from evil. He had seven sons and three daughters.  His estate included seven thousand sheep and goats, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred female donkeys, and a very large number of servants. Job was the greatest man among all the people of the east.  Job 1:1-3

His sons used to take turns having banquets at their homes. They would send an invitation to their three sisters to eat and drink with them. Whenever a round of banqueting was over, Job would send for his children and purify them, rising early in the morning to offer burnt offerings for all of them. For Job thought, “Perhaps my children have sinned, having cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job’s regular practice.  

Job 1:4-5

One day the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came with them. The Lord asked Satan, “Where have you come from?”

“From roaming through the earth,” Satan answered him, “and walking around on it.”

Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? No one else on earth is like him, a man of perfect integrity, who fears God and turns away from evil.”  Job 1:6-8

Throughout all this Job did not sin or blame God for anything.  Job 1:22

He still retains his integrity, even though you incited me against him, to destroy him for no good reason.  Job 2:3

“Should we accept only good from God and not adversity?” 

Throughout all this Job did not sin in what he said.  Job 2:10 

Can I trust God no matter how things appear at the time?

Two Worlds

Two Characters

Two Promises 

I have told you these things so that in me you may have peace. You will have suffering in this world. Be courageous! I have conquered the world.”  John 16:33

“…the Lord himself is an everlasting Rock.” Isaiah 26:4