“So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning…” (Job 42:12)
Most of us find trials and troubles things to be avoided. We shun the difficult paths and choose the flower strewn ways where the sun is always pleasantly shining, where there are no clouds and all is sweet and comfortable.
Job would have chosen the pleasant way if he had had a choice in the matter. But, he did not have a choice in the road he would travel. On the road he traveled he experienced the loss of his children, the loss of his wealth and the loss of his health.
With his losses came blessings. Look at the text again. God blessed Job. The psalmist said, “It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes. (Psalm 119:71) We learn more and gain more being out in the hot sun working and toiling than sitting under a shade tree whiling away the days.
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