“Then his wife said to him, ‘Do you still hold fast your integrity? Curse God and die!’ But he said to her, ‘You speak as one of the foolish women speaks. Shall we indeed accept good from God and not accept adversity?’ In all this Job did not sin with his lips.” Job 2:9, 10 NASB
There are several things I find interesting about these verses, but I wish to only point out two. First, his wife associated his unwillingness to curse God as integrity. Is integrity closely related to our thoughts of God? As I look up definitions for integrity I liked the one that said it was a choice. This leads to my second point, Job was choosing. What was Job choosing? He was choosing to accept good as well as adversity from God. Do we consider that adversity in our lives might be a gift from God? God wants to purify us. He wants us to know the ‘peaceful fruit of righteousness.’ (Hebrews 12:11, NASB). I recently had a stone hit my windshield and cause quite the crack. I was reflecting on these verses and decided to thank God because He had a purpose in allowing this adversity. May I say that the cracked windshield did not ruin my day. Next time you face adversity consider choosing, as Job did, to accept it from God. Give thanks and trust Him to accomplish His purpose.
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