Man Is Born To Trouble

Job 5:7 Yet man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.
Well, this statement is so true! We will be close to trouble all through out our lives. If you are a Christian, you will know your share of trouble but you will have a loving friend, Jesus who will always be with you.
2 Cor.4:7-10 But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us. We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies.
Take heart dear friends, we are weak but He is not!! Trust in Him and tell others of the hope you have found in Jesus.
2 Cor.4:11-18 For we who live are always being given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh.  So death is at work in us, but life in you. Since we have the same spirit of faith according to what has been written, "I believed, and so I spoke," we also believe, and so we also speak, knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and bring us with you into his presence. For it is all for your sake, so that as grace extends to more and more people it may increase thanksgiving, to the glory of God. So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.
I really identify with these verses because I have been sick for a while! I am getting better now but I know what it means to have your "outer self wasting away". We all are dying, everyday you are here on this earth, is borrowed time that the good Lord has given you. Do not take for granted that you will be here tomorrow, for you do not know! There are so many people here in the deep South that have lost everything material thing they owned. Some have lost loved ones as well. This makes me think of the book of Job in the Old Testament. He was a very blessed man, had great wealth, good health and a large loving family. He was well thought of in his community and helped the poor. Just the kind of man that the Lord wants us to be. However, all it took for trouble to come to Job was Satan saying to God that Job would not be faithful in times of trouble!! Let us never forget that God uses us for His purpose. We are His and He will teach, love and discipline.
Lord, so many lost, so many searching, help us to speak Your truth! Amen