Walking With God Part 3
SOAP {Scripture, Observation, Application, Prayer}:
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Monday, March 1, 2010
SOAP {Scripture, Observation, Application, Prayer}:
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SCRIPTURE: 1 There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job, and that man was blameless and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil. ... 3b ...this man was the greatest of all the people of the east. Job 1:1-3 [ESV]
OBSERVATION: Walking with God is not easy. Not today, and not ever. It wasn't easy for Noah as we've already seen; it likely wasn't easy for Enoch, though we aren't told much of his life; and it certainly wasn't easy for Job. But these men who walked with God received multiple blessings for their enduring faith.
APPLICATION: Like Noah, Job was blameless. He was favored by God for remaining ever faithful. But that didn't mean Job's life was easy.
Satan challenged God, accusing Him of buying Job's faith with His blessings. Knowing Job's heart, God permitted Satan to test Job. Job lost everything. 500 oxen and 500 donkeys, stolen; 7000 sheep, consumed by fire; 3000 camels, stolen; seven sons, three daughters, and almost all of his servants -- killed.
20 Then Job arose and tore his robe and shaved his head and fell on the ground and worshiped. 21 And he said, "Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked shall I return. The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord." 22 In all this Job did not sin or charge God with wrong. Job 1:20-22 [ESV]
Job's faith was such that he praised God, even after losing everything. Satan went on to inflict physical pain and suffering on Job, but Job's faith did not falter. In fact, through all that Satan could throw at him, Job remained faithful and true to God. With God, Job defeated Satan, and God continued to bless Job.
12 And the Lord blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning. ... 13 He had also seven sons and three daughters. ... 15 And in all the land there were no women so beautiful as Job's daughters. And their father gave them an inheritance among their brothers. 16 And after this Job lived 140 years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, four generations. 17 And Job died, an old man, and full of days. Job 42:12-17 [ESV]
Job lived a faithful life, full and blessed by God, and Job never faltered. Job was truly a man who walked with God.
PRAYER: Father, Your blessings are truly wonderful! You have blessed me beyond anything I could possibly deserve, and I certainly am not one like Noah, Enoch, or Job. Thank You, Lord, for Your blessings. Help me to grow ever more faithful and close to you.
Joe
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Sunday, September 7, 2008
Satan Defeated
Today's Daily Soap {Scripture | Observation | Application | Prayer}
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- S: War broke out in Heaven. Michael and his Angels fought the Dragon. The Dragon and his Angels fought back, but were no match for Michael. They were cleared out of Heaven, not a sign of them left. The great Dragon—ancient Serpent, the one called Devil and Satan, the one who led the whole earth astray—thrown out, and all his Angels thrown out with him, thrown down to earth. Then I heard a strong voice out of Heaven saying, Salvation and power are established! Kingdom of our God, authority of his Messiah! The Accuser of our brothers and sisters thrown out, who accused them day and night before God. They defeated him through the blood of the Lamb and the bold word of their witness. They weren't in love with themselves; they were willing to die for Christ. So rejoice, O Heavens, and all who live there, but doom to earth and sea, For the Devil's come down on you with both feet; he's had a great fall; He's wild and raging with anger; he hasn't much time and he knows it. Revelation 12:7-12 [MSG]
- O: In the end times Satan will be set loose to return to Heaven, where he will again be defeated.
- A: Evil has no place in this world. God did not design the world for evil, and did not design us for an evil world. When Lucifer was an angel, he coveted the position of the Most High God and was cast from Heaven, with all of those angels who chose to follow him instead of God. Lucifer tempted Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, introducing evil into the world. In the end times, all hell will break loose, literally. Satan will return to Heaven with his army of angels to be defeated by the archangel Michael and a host of Heavenly angels. Satan and his minions will return to earth to wreak doom and destruction upon those left behind. But as Satan has always been doomed to defeat, so he will again face defeat when Christ sets up His Kingdom on earth.
- P: Father, protect us from the evil one, as we strive to do Your will.
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