Ecclesiastes 3:1 “To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:”
Job 42:10-12 “And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before. Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold. So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.”
Job 42:16-17 “After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons’ sons, even four generations. So Job died, being old and full of days.”
Romans 8:28 “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.”
Job experienced some of the most challenging circumstances imaginable. It was a grueling season of life that required a healthy dose of faith and resilience. Yet, it also mandated a proper perspective of hopefulness driven by a right understanding of the future.
How long was Job’s trial? The Bible doesn’t specifically say. Piecing together the components of the narrative, however, reveal a challenging period that required several months of extreme endurance. It was a season of life characterized by heartache, pain, loss, and sleepless nights.
Zooming out, though, reveals something powerful. Despite the loss, Job emerged from his challenges with more than he had before – specifically twice as much as he had before. And he enjoyed those post-challenge blessings for 140 years.
We all go through seasons of trials – sometimes extreme trials. You may be going through one now, even one characterized by heartache, pain, loss, and sleepless nights. In the moment, everything seems bleak and hopeless. Yet, you should expect that season to give way to another, and another, and another. And through faithfulness and hopefulness with our eyes on the horizon, God can use it all for His grand purposes.
There are no guarantees that the next season will see you with more than you had before. God doesn’t promise that. Yet the Lord does promise that He can use what’s going on now for His glory and honor. And like Job, you may find that the dark clouds of today can give way to a brighter tomorrow when you keep your eyes on the horizon.
PLEASE PRAY FOR AMERICAN CHRISTIANS TO ENDURE TODAY’S CHALLENGES WITH FATIH AND HOPE FOR A BRIGHTER FUTURE. Today’s season of trial can be best endured by a proper perspective of the future with our eyes on the horizon.
ADMIN: I won’t be publishing a PLUS blog next weekend, but please keep praying faithfully for widespread revival in the United States of America while keeping your eyes on the horizon.
