Word Up Ministries

January 25, 2024

Scripture:

JOB 22:1-25:6

Like Gold

But he knows where I am going. And when he tests me, I will come out as pure as gold.‍

Job 23:10

My Takeaways

Something Old

You can’t determine…

if there will be a test.
when there will be a test.
how long the test will last.
when the test will end.

You can determine to:

Stay on God’s path, following His ways.
Obey what God reveals.
Feast on His Word.
Trust God in the process and for the outcome.

Like Job, we will come out as gold.

“You cannot control the temperature of the furnace or the duration of the test time, buy you can obey, and feed on His Word.” – Warren Wiersbe

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Something New

“I shall ask four questions of every man within reach of my voice. God knoweth the way that you take. I will ask you first: Do you know your own way? Secondly: Is it a comfort to you that God knows your way? Thirdly: Are you tried in the way? And, if so, fourthly: Have you confidence in God as to the result of that trial? Can you say with Job, ‘When he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold?” – Charles Spurgeon

“It looks very hard to believe that a child of God should be tried by the loss of his Father’s presence, and yet should come forth uninjured by the trial. Yet no gold is ever injured in the fire. Stoke the furnace as much as you may, let the blast be as strong as you will, thrust the ingot into the very center of the white heat, let it lie in the very heart of the flame; pile on more fuel, let another blast torment the coals till they become most vehement with heat, yet the gold is losing nothing, it may even be gaining.” – Charles Spurgeon

Encourage yourself with these words:

So be truly glad! There is wonderful joy ahead, even though the going is rough for a while down here. These trials are only to test your faith, to see whether or not it is strong and pure. It is being tested as fire tests gold and purifies it—and your faith is far more precious to God than mere gold; so, if your faith remains strong after being tried in the test tube of fiery trials, it will bring you much praise and glory and honor on the day of his return.‍

1 Peter 1:6-7 (TLB)

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