-July 10, 2024-
Good morning beloved, happy Wednesday,
“After this Job lived one hundred forty years, and saw his children and grandchildren for four generations. So Job died, old and full of days.”
(Job 42:16-17).
If anyone deserved a good retirement it was Job. He suffered so much through a multiplicity of painful trials. He lost his children, his servants, his livestock, and most of all his health. He trusted the Lord and the Lord brought him through it.
After all the words of his three friends, and his responses to them, God gave sons and daughters, and grandchildren. He lived a godly life and died at the age of 140. God even doubled his resources.
Job 42:12-13 says, “Now the Lord blessed the latter days of Job more than the beginning; for he had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand yoke of oxen, and one thousand female donkeys. He also had seven sons and three daughters.”
I can relate to Job. I feel my latter days and better than my former days. I am so thankful for the opportunities to serve the Lord seven days a week. Sometimes we think back to what we call “the good old days.” They were good days in the past, but I see why they call one’s senior years, the golden years, the sunset years.
When we have the Lord, every year is good, every day is good. We go through trials as all of us, but we know so much more, have experience, and have more wisdom. Just think of what a great resource Job was! I want to continue serving the Lord to my last breath.
As I have mentioned before, God highly regarded Job, Noah, and Daniel for their righteousness. Each of them left a great legacy.
Have a blessed day living for the Lord and serving Him. Stay safe and healthy.
God’s writing our story and it is finished yet.
Dean
Dean Allen's Daily Devotional 