LESSONS FROM JOB #21 – TOMORROW
"The LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before …. Now the LORD blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning…." (Job 42:10b, 12:a)
Job came through the trial with a perfect score, and his faith was stronger because of it. His faith was not just because he had heard about Yahweh, but "now my eyes have seen you" (vs. 5). He had a greater understanding of God because of what he had been through. Sometimes the days of our affliction seems to go on forever with no light at the end of the tunnel. But there will be a tomorrow. Little Orphan Annie was in an orphanage where things were tough. But in the musical, she was able to sing, "Tomorrow! The sun'll come out tomorrow!" One preacher's favorite text was, "And it came to pass." Remember the black preacher's message: "It's Friday but Sunday's acomin'." The faith of the Christian is Tomorrow. My suffering may not be eliminated in this life, but there will be a Great Tomorrow when all pain and suffering will be a distant memory. In the film, "A Man Called Peter," the story of Peter Marshall who at one time was Chaplain of the U.S. Senate, Peter had a heart attack. As he was being carried away on the stretcher by the EMTs, he looked up at his wife, Catherine, and said, "I'll see you in the morning." That is the great hope of the Christian – sunrise in the Great Tomorrow. "For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us" (Romans 8:18). What a day that will be – TOMORROW!
Love, Dad
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