Job was bereaved, humiliated, and in pain, (physically, emotionally, spiritually, psychologically). His greatest hurt was that God seemed to have left him. In his anguish, he not only cursed the day he was born, he wished the day will be erased from the calendar, as if he never existed. Then, he would have known no pain or see his troubles. "Curse that day for failing to shut my mother’s womb, for letting me be born to see all this trouble." (Job.3.10.NLT)
These are the words of someone in a terrible place. A place where no soul on earth desire to be. We all dream, hope and pray for all the good things of life free of sorrow, pain, humiliation, shame, loss, suffering in any form. Yet, the fear that we may be afflicted one way or the other looms at the back of our minds whether we acknowledge it or not. No one is ever well equipped for it.
We know that fear is our worst enemy especially when we obsess and worry continually about what might happen and allow fear to rule or dominate our lives. This is the kind of fear the Bible warns against when it tells us again and again, over and over, "do not worry," "do not fret," "do not fear," "and be anxious for nothing.
Fear weakens our faith in God. It casts doubt on our beliefs.
Fear can destroy before destruction depending on how much power and attention you pay to it.
It can dull our reasoning ability. It worsen our physical health. It steals our joy and it takes us far away from the word of God, thereby empowering the enemy, the devil.
Job's greatest desire in life had been for the presence and favour of God (Job 1:5).
WORD: "The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, “Abba, Father.”
(Rom.8.15.NIV)
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