With nothing that he can call his own, disease was all over his body from head to toe. He lost all his children, his wife was a pain and he had nobody except three miserable friends. Job’ life had plummeted to the lowest of all low and he wanted, was to die. Job encountered God and he was made whole.
Whatever you are facing today, God is able to rescue you. He might do it through a miraculous healing – as He did with Job. Or His rescue may come through a different and unexpected way. Life is not all plain sailing. You will face many challenges. In the passages for today we see examples of traps, tests and temptations – and how to handle them.
Psalm 38: 1-12 tells of David’s predicament. David knew what it was like to experience ill health: ‘my back is filled with searing pain; there is no health in my body’ (v.7). David also knew what it was like to fail. God convinced him of his sin: ‘Your hand has come down on me… because of my sin. My guilt has overwhelmed me like a burden too heavy to bear… because of my sinful folly… the light has gone from my eyes’ (vv.2-5,8,10).
On top of all this, David had to cope with opposition. He was surrounded by people who wanted to see his downfall. He wrote, ‘Those who want to kill me set their traps, those who would harm me talk of my ruin; all day long they scheme and lie’ (v.12).
Yet in the midst of these traps and his own failings and difficulties, David cried out to God. He knew that God was able to forgive him, rescue him, and heal him.
Whatever your failings or whatever difficulties you may face, you too can bring them to God in prayer.