Lessons from Job

Job 1

Job was a man who was blameless and upright. He feared God and shunned evil. (v1)

How can a person be considered blameless and upright?

What does it mean to fear God?

What does it mean to shun evil?

Our God is a God of love. He doesn't wish that any bad come to us. It's a matter of fact that, if we sin, we choose to be out from under the covering of protection that God shelters us with. When we are without His protection, because of our own doing, then whatever bad befalls us is on us.

A healthy fear of God is reverent.

Reverence means: a respectful, submissive attitude of mind resulting in affection and esteem for the person to which it is directed.

This reverence keeps us obedient.

Our fear of God is just like a child/parent relationship (should be). If we love our parents, we will show them our love as we are obedient to them. The same is true of our relationship with God.

"If you love Me, keep My commandments." John 14:15

Job had a healthy fear of God. He understood that if he said he loved God then he needed to prove it through the way he lived his life. This is why he was considered blameless and upright.

He loved God, therefore, he shunned evil. Shunning evil is easier than most people make it.

To shun means: to avoid deliberately; keep away from.

Do you see that?

Job deliberately avoided those things that would cause him to sin.

He made a conscience choice to avoid sin at all costs. Why?

Because he feared God.

Do you have a healthy fear of God?

Are you making a conscience choice to avoid things that could cause you to fall into sin?

Would God describe you as blameless and upright?

 

Blessed is he whose trangession is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man to whom the Lord does not impute iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit.

Ps 32:1,2

 

 

Through the Lord's mercies we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not.They are new every morning. Great is Your faithfulness.

Lamentations 3:22,23