A Bad Day

Ever had a bad day?

You hit the snooze button too many times and the race is on.

The kids won't get out of bed.

There's a fight at the bathroom door.

Milk gets spilled.

Gas prices went up.

Traffic is bad.

Then you get to work and it just keeps getting worse.

How do you respond?

We all have bad days. And we get bad news.

Life is tough.

How do you respond?

Consider Job.

1000 oxen and 500 donkeys stolen. All but one of the servants tending them were murdered.

7000 sheep killed by lightning. All but one of the servants tending them were killed by the lightning.

3000 camels stolen by a raiding party. All but one of the servants tending them were murdered.

Seven sons and 3 daughters killed when a storm hits the house where they were celebrating together. All the servants in the house, except one, were killed in the collapse.

And this all happened in one day.

Everything he had worked for, everything that he loved, his means of support, his retirement plan, his hope of grandchildren - all gone in a matter of hours.

How did Job respond?

"Then Job arose and tore his robe and shaved his head and fell on the ground and worshiped. And he said, 'Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked shall I return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD'" (Job 1:20-21).

Job humbled himself, fell face down to the ground and blessed the name of the LORD.

No bitterness. No anger. No complaining.

Humility and worship.

Have you responded like that?