Has a thought come into your head and out of your mouth before you thought of where it comes from or even if you agree with it?

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Our Biblical Ground Work: Job 1:11; Job 2:9

The story of Job is one that a lot of people would refer you to if you are going through a tough time. Job and his wife both voice their sadness. Satan goes after Job with God’s blessing and uses his wife as a tool to get him to curse the Lord.

To be fair, Job’s wife has seen her life go straight into a pit:

• she has lost 10 children and the spouses that I am sure she had grown to love.
• the family fortune disappeared with all it’s creature comforts
• her husband Job has a rather nasty disease and bad breath to boot

Ultimately Job’s reward for “seeing the Lord” (Job 42:5) becomes her reward for remaining with Job during this trying time in their life. He understood the reason for this time and so did his wife.

Our Biblical Life Lesson: Our thoughts do not have to become words.

You will read throughout Job, thought becoming word. You will read throughout the whole of the Bible, thought becoming word.

The Lord says that every one of His words will not come back void and it shall prosper in the thing in which He has sent it (Isaiah 55:11) because His words are righteous (Psalm 119:123). The thoughts of the Lord are for us to live in hope (Jeremiah 29:11).

Satan, on the other hand, is the father of all lies and speaks from his own resources (John 8:44). His main resource is pride (Isaiah 14:12-17) so every word he utters will result in the pride of life being protected. The thoughts of the Devil are for us to die in despair.

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