Read Job 29

Today’s Scripture: How I long for the months gone by, for the days when God watched over me. Job 29:2

Job had opened his defense by saying that he wished he had never been

born (Job 3). Here he closed his defense by remembering the blessings -he and his family had enjoyed prior to his crisis. This is a good reminder that we should try to see life in a balanced way. “Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?” (2:10). Charles Haddon Spurgeon said that too many people write their blessings in the sand but engrave their sorrows in marble.

When we are experiencing trials, it is natural for us to long for “the good

old days”; but our longing will not change our situation.

There is a ministry in memory if we use it properly. In days of

disappointment, it is good to “remember the deeds of the LORD …

remember [His] miracles of long ago” (Ps. 77:11). But the past must be a

rudder to guide us and not an anchor to hold us back. If we try to duplicate today what we experienced yesterday, we may find ourselves in a rut that robs us of maturity.

Something to Ponder

Have you ever wished you had never been born? If so, what caused those feelings?