I wonder, if I were to be tested like Job from the Old Testament, what would I do and how would I react?
Here is what Satan said to God about Job before his testing began. “Does Job fear God for nothing? Have you not put a hedge about him and his house and all that he has, on every side? You have conferred prosperity and happiness upon him in the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land. But put forth your hand now and touch all that he has, and he will curse You to Your face.” “Skin for skin! Yes, all that a man has will he give for his life. But put forth Your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse and renounce You to Your face.” Job1:9-11, 2:4-5 Amp
How did Job respond to the overwhelming pain and sorry of losing all his family, all his possessions, and his health, all coming back to back? Scripture says he “fell to the ground and worshiped and said, naked (without possessions) came I into this world from my mothers womb, and naked (without possessions) shall I depart. The Lord gives and the Lord has taken away; blessed (praised and magnified in worship) be the name of the Lord!” “Shall we accept only good at the hand of God and shall we not accept also misfortune and what is bad in nature?” In spite of all this, Job did not sin with his lips. Job 1:20-21, 2;10 Amp
If such heartache were to come into my life as Job endured, would I as Satan accuses “curse and renounce God to His face,” or would I “fall to my knees and worship” just as Job did? With this in mind, I ponder the following “question for my soul.”.
If You washed away my vanity, if You took away my words, if all my world was swept away, would You be enough for me..? Would my beating heart still sing..?
If I lost it all, would my hands stay lifted to the God who gives and takes away?
If you take it all, this life you’ve given, still my heart will sing to you!
When my life is not what I expected, the plans I made have failed, when there’s nothing left to steal me away, will You be enough for me..? Will my broken heart still sing..?
If I lost it all, would my hands stay lifted to the God who gives and takes away?
If you take it all, this life you’ve given, still my heart will sing to you!”
Even if you take it all away, you’ll never let me go. Take it all away, but I’ll still know…
that I’m yours. I’m still yours. I’m still yours. I’m still yours!
(The above is a song by Kutless called “I’m Still Yours” from their new worship album “It Is Well”)
