Day 311: Job 11:18

"You will be secure, because there is hope; you will look about you and take your rest in safety." ~Job 11:18, NIV

The story of Job is perhaps simplistic - a man who has everything loses it all. God allowed Satan to take everything Job had, and as he sat in the pit of misery his friends try to understand why it happened. Their hypothesis is that Job has a terrible unrepented sin that is festering and causing God to be angry with Job. What Job's friends say is essentially true, but it did not apply to his situation because he had not sinned.

Yes, it's true that when you submit to God, and repent of your shortcomings, you will be secure; you will know hope; you will look about you and take your rest in safety. But there's this oddball enemy that we have that has some power over life on Earth, and he effects the outcomes of our predictions.

Regardless of how he affects us, that above is true; there is security in Jesus because He gives hope. There are two other things that are true in life: death and taxes. But thanks to Jesus, we have a third truth, which is life after death. This life... it can be abundant. The life after death? Assuming you choose to pursue a relationship with Jesus, it will be even more so.

There is hope. There is security. It's out there. And it's up to you to attain it.