{"id":470,"date":"2018-10-25T13:30:49","date_gmt":"2018-10-25T13:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shop.honestreflections.net\/?p=470"},"modified":"2019-12-10T08:43:35","modified_gmt":"2019-12-10T13:43:35","slug":"pay-attention-to-the-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2018\/10\/25\/pay-attention-to-the-words\/","title":{"rendered":"Pay Attention to the Words"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Will you speak wickedly on God\u2019s behalf?<\/i><\/b>\u00a0 <\/span>Will you speak deceitfully for him?<\/span><\/span>” Job 13:7<\/i><\/b>
\n<\/b>“Much of what they have to say about the relationship between God and man is theologically sound.” Lisa Harper ‘Job’<\/em>
\nShe’s talking about Job’s three friends. But it made me think of all the different perspectives there are on God. I’ve been reading a lot of different books, intentionally. Most non-fiction, some fiction. You really have to pay attention to what they’re saying. It’s super easy to get off track.
\nI am beginning to realize how easy it is to get off track in life too.\u00a0 No one ever intentionally sets out to hurt themselves.\u00a0 No one ever gets up in the morning and says “What can I do to screw my life up today?”\u00a0 No one.\u00a0 Even Job, who had lost everything, was in the depths of depression at the bottom of the pit.\u00a0 He didn’t think about what he could do to hurt more.\u00a0 No, he was looking up, with hope to God to save him from his misery.\u00a0 He was focused on the right thing.
\nBut his friends weren’t.\u00a0 They all were on track with God to a point, but then they took God out and inserted themselves.<\/p>\n