MARCH 5, Job 26:7

If we were living 1,000 years ago, and someone believed the earth hangs on nothing as today’s text teaches us, many would laugh at him. At that time, science was not able to determine that the earth revolves around the sun, and as far as the learned men and scholars were concerned, this verse cannot be correct. But this verse was written way before that. The book of Job was written more than a thousand years before Jesus walked on earth, and thus, it is at least about 3,000 years old. Yet, he wrote that the earth hangs on nothing! Was Job a genius? No, it is not so much that Job was gifted, but that Job was inspired by God who told him to write what he wrote. If you were living in the same era as Job and believed what he wrote in this verse, you would have been thought to be silly and unlearned.

Although we live in this modern world today, the same issue exists. There are things in the Bible that we believe, but many around us say that we are silly to believe. What are some of these? Well, they include the fact there is a heaven and a hell, that there is faith and that we must trust in Jesus, and that on our own we can do nothing to save ourselves from hell. Many in the world do not believe the Bible because they think that they are scientific and modern people and need proof to believe. Dear child, never be like them. The proof of God is clear, but not for those who do not want to see. The heavens declare the glory of God. How could this beautiful world have existed without a Creator. If we were to tell such sceptics that the bus or car they see on the road just came together by chance, they would think we are mad. But is it not strange that they think the world, which is infinitely more complex than a car, came together by chance?

Dear child, trust in the Lord. Many will be those who cast doubt on your faith. And the older you grow, the more of such people you will see. What you need to do is not to lose faith, but to continue to put your faith in the Living Saviour, and to commit to Him your cares, and He will take care of you!

Thought: Only believe and always believe!

Prayer: Heavenly Father, please grant me the simple faith to believe all that You say in the Holy Bible. In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen.