If our foolish spouse does not support and help us in faith ...

If our foolish spouse does not support and help us in faith ...

 

 

Covered in painful sores from the soles of his feet to the top of his head,

Job sat among the ashes, using a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself.

Seeing him, his wife said to Job, "Are you still maintaining your integrity?

Curse God and die!" Job replied to her, "You are talking like a foolish woman.

Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?"

Despite all this, Job did not sin in what he said

(Job 2:7-10).

When I reflect on this passage,

I think about how Job maintained his integrity even in extreme suffering.

It shows that he valued maintaining his integrity more than his own life.

Usually, our instinct is to value our own life more than maintaining our integrity.

If we experience extreme suffering, we might succumb to Satan’s temptation,

compromising our integrity to protect our life, and end up speaking and acting falsely.

Especially if our foolish spouse does not support and help us in faith,

we are at even greater risk of falling into Satan’s temptation.

However, a person of faith who acknowledges God's sovereignty

will accept not only blessings from God but also calamities with faith.

And even in the face of such calamities,

that person will not sin against God with his lips.