Accept Good And Bad
Hi, I’m Joni Eareckson Tada and there are many things that I like about Job, but perhaps the most wonderful thing is that he accepted both good and bad from the hand of God. After losing his family, his property, his health, Job says in 2:10, “Shall we accept good from God and not trouble?” Look, if you say that, you’ve said it all. Because it puts you not only in a league with Job, but with Jeremiah who said, “Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that both calamities and good things come?” You are also in a league with Isaiah who said, “Woe to those who quarrel with their Maker … Does the clay say to the Potter, ‘what are you making?'” Oh, to be considered in the ranks of Job, Jeremiah and Isaiah. And yes, that can be you today if you will but humble yourself and accept both good things and bad things from the hand of God. I’m Joni Eareckson Tada.
