Job 2:10
Honest Praise
Reading about the great trials Job endured makes one shudder, cringe, and quake. Yet, in the end, what did he receive? Double what he had lost.
However, don’t let one who has an eye for temporal rewards suffer patiently, and say to himself, … “Let me bear evils, and God will repay me as He repaid Job.” Such attitudes aren’t really patience but greed. For if Job didn’t suffer with patience and endurance in order to bravely testify of the Lord’s providence, why did he suffer?
Beloved, don’t let those who bear such tribulations look for a reward. If they suffer any losses, don’t let them say, perhaps, “The Lord gave, the Lord hath taken away; as it pleased the Lord, so is it done: blessed be the name of the Lord,” when all they want is to receive twice as much again. Let your patience praise God, not greed. For if you try to receive double your losses by praising God, you praise Him out of covetousness, not from love.
Readings taken from Day by Day with the Early Church Fathers
Honest Praise
Reading about the great trials Job endured makes one shudder, cringe, and quake. Yet, in the end, what did he receive? Double what he had lost.
However, don’t let one who has an eye for temporal rewards suffer patiently, and say to himself, … “Let me bear evils, and God will repay me as He repaid Job.” Such attitudes aren’t really patience but greed. For if Job didn’t suffer with patience and endurance in order to bravely testify of the Lord’s providence, why did he suffer?
Beloved, don’t let those who bear such tribulations look for a reward. If they suffer any losses, don’t let them say, perhaps, “The Lord gave, the Lord hath taken away; as it pleased the Lord, so is it done: blessed be the name of the Lord,” when all they want is to receive twice as much again. Let your patience praise God, not greed. For if you try to receive double your losses by praising God, you praise Him out of covetousness, not from love.
Readings taken from Day by Day with the Early Church Fathers
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