A Different Outlook

I have begun a new book of the Bible - I am now reading from the book of Job. Within each chapter of this book, there are opportunities to enter into a new chapter of how we think and respond to circumstances in our lives.

Conversations with people often consist of the trials and circumstances that they are experiencing. They are filled with "woooooow is me", "doom and gloom", and hold a lie that "I can't get out of this pit". It's like people are chained to bad stuff and can't get released. They have almost surrendered to the fact that this is what life has offered them; and they settle for it.

But Job's attitude was simply amazing. Yes, he recognized the reality of what was happening to him and around him, but he chose to look at things from a different viewpoint. He KNEW who God was!

Job 5:8-9 says, "But if it were I, I would appeal to God; I would lay my cause before him. He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot be counted."

What hope is found in these words. That's where we have to put our hope...in God's holy word. Not only for our own lives, but to encourage those around us.

When you are feeling down and out, and trials are pressing on all sides, don't believe the lie, remember the truth and hope that is found in God's word. It is a different outlook that will help you to turn a new chapter in your life and in the lives of those around you.