Sometimes, when bad things happen, it isn’t your fault. Job
suffered so many awful things, even though he was blameless. But his friends
said he must have done something wrong. Still, he never accused God of doing
wrong. And he said that even if God took his life, he would trust him.
You might think God has limited you because he’s angry with you. But Jesus said that God prunes every branch that bears fruit, so it will bear more fruit. You don’t prune a plant to punish it, you prune a plant to grow it and show it. God trusted Job with suffering, and showed the world his faith.
Maybe your problems aren’t because God is making you an example of judgment. Maybe it’s because God is making you an example of faith. With this limitation or suffering, God is entrusting you with it, not punishing you with it. Suffering well is a witness to the worth of God.
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