You may have done some things that you know you should have not done. You made mistakes that you should not have made. But I have some Good News for you I serve a God who is in the turn around business. God is able to give you some victories even after you have made some mistakes.
Let's read the book of Job.
In Chapter 1 of the Book of Job it indicates that Job was a man who tried to do things right. He was a righteous man, upright, who tried to do things right. He was a blameless person who avoided evil, made sacrifices who tried to get himself together. As a result of trying to do things right he had a big house, was prosperous, and a multimillionaire, with cattle, donkeys and sheep, and houses. He almost had it all....
Then all of a sudden, everything has been taken away from him..
- All 10 of his children died.
- His marriage became miserable.
- His wife started talking foolish.
- Job went from good health to bad.
- From prosperity to poverty.
- He had sores from the top of his head to the bottom of his feet.
Here is a man who tried to do everything right but everything went wrong for him. So what was it that I have realized from this verse?
It was the thought that BAD THINGS CAN ALSO HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE!!!!
Oh come on? Has these ever happened to you?
Issues in your relationships.
Fractures in your friendships.
Sickness has invaded your home. Job loss.
Like most of what other people say to Job, people often believe that wrong things happen because God is punishing us for our sins.
Job's wife said:“Listen our marriage is messed up, the kids are gone, you’re sick, things look horrible. It is time for you to curse God and die.” However, let's take closely how job reacted to his wife.
He then said: "all the days of my appointed time I am going to wait until my change comes’. It was a "change" that brought us to whatever situation we are in right now. And as what Job says, we just have to wait for God to make another "change"!
WHY??
Because: "The Lord God gives and the Lord God takes away. Blessed be the name of the Lord."
“My God has plans for me.”
This is what Job and many of us miss. That when sickness comes loved ones die, financial difficulties hit, and families fall apart, foreclosures come, economy is bad. When things happen and we don’t understand it, you must know that God has a plan for you. That is why Isaiah said, “I know the plans you have for me. Plans to prosper and not fail. To succeed and not fall down. Job said, “Lord your plans for me are so wonderful that I do not understand them.” God’s plans for us are so wonderful that you won’t understand it, but you must believe in it. You must learn how to trust Him when you cannot trace Him. Trust Him when you don’t understand Him. God I don’t understand why I have to go through this, but I know that your plans are wonderful me. When your enemies meant that stuff for evil, God is able to turn it to good. And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God. Now why I am sharing this to you?My life has always been an open book to many. For the past 4 years of my Christian life, I have gone through alot of ups and downs. Just late last year, I lost my job, my family, myself, and I almost even lost my faith....But because God loves me, he has helped me to bounce back to where I truly belong----IN HIS KINGDOM.... And I am more than blessed to enumerate to you all the good things that God has revealed to me: PLANS FOR MY FAMILY, FOR MY CAREER, MY STUDIES, AND MY FUTURE FAMILY. AND ONE BY ONE, THESE THINGS ARE COMING TO REAL.... I THESE REVELATIONS, SLOWLY, BUT SURELY BEING PUT TO ORDER.
I wish I could list them all down to you my brothers and sisters, but my words are not enough... But not long...I proclaim, I will be standing in front of you to declare how God, turned my "mistakes" into miracles.Praise be ever to one ever HOLY GOD!
