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January 28th 2026

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His wife said, “Still holding on to your precious integrity, are you? Curse God and be done with it!” He told her, “You’re talking like an empty-headed fool. We take the good days from God—why not also the bad days?” Not once through all this did Job sin. He said nothing against God.—Job 2:9, 10 (MSG)

Job’s rebuke of his wife is not as harsh as it sounds. He did not call her a fool; rather, He said, “You’re talking like an empty-headed fool.”
Let us remember that Mrs. Job has suffered great loss. Job’s wealth was her wealth; Job’s children were her children. The devastation Job endured didn’t just happen to him, but it happened to his wife also. It’s a reminder that we do not live our lives in vacuums. Often, our sufferings radiate out and impact our loved ones. Thus, Mrs. Job’s response is not just one of anger about her husband’s plight, but it is resentment about her own.
But in Job’s response, see the sturdiness of his faith, as he asserts God’s sovereignty: “We take the good days from God—why not also the bad days.”
Many today live by the philosophy that life ought to be pleasant, and if it is not, there is no use living it. But life is not to be lived on those terms. We are not here merely to have a good time. There are meaningful objectives to be attained in life, even when it all turns sour. When the pressure comes, life is still worth living.
We are here to glorify our Creator. God, in sovereign grace and glory, does give us many moments of joy and gladness and pleasure and delight. In those times, it is right for us to give thanks. But we must not abandon that in times of hardship because, as the text indicates, that is Satan’s objective.
Satan wants us to complain and protest to God, to get upset and angry and resentful, to stop going to Church and abandon our practice of personal discipleship. Even when that counsel comes to us from those that are dear, those who are hurting right along with us, we must respond in faith: “Not once through all this did Job sin. He said nothing against God.”

Prayer: Lord, we confess that, sometimes meaning and purpose for our lives gets out of focus. In those moments, we ask that You strengthen our faith in You. As we go today, help us to choose to trust in You, to accept from Your hand both joy and heartache. We praise You that Your purposes for us, though sometimes painful, are always good. We choose to offer that comfort to others, as we embrace it for ourselves. In the name of Jesus, our Christ, we pray. AMEN!

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