Welcome back to the morning mindset. I am so thankful you are taking the time to

get your mind aligned with the truth of God. It's more important than ever in these

difficult times that we're living, where we're secluded away, social distancing, and living in kind of an everyday track of numbers of contracted cases of COVID-19 and people dying because of this disease.

My friends, it's a very real thing, it's surreal as it feels, and it's vital that we get our minds aligned with the truth of God

because it's the truth of God as he reveals it to us that will sustain us and enable us to

be a blessing in the world rather than a hindrance to the faith of others.

And we've been doing so by looking into this subject of the fear of the Lord.

And today we're going to look at an example from the Bible in Job chapter 38 of how one man

began to learn the fear of the Lord on a very deep level. And I recounted Job's situation yesterday

where God had allowed Satan to bring all kinds of harm into Joe's life.

He lost his children. He lost his wealth. He became sick. He had friends coming and

discouraging and berating him for a lack of faith that they saw in his life.

And in all these things, Job defended himself as being righteous, as not being

one who has done the things he was being accused of. And you know what? God bears that

out. God says in all the things Job said he did not sin. So Job was right. He

had not done anything that God was punishing him for as his friends were

saying.

And so we get to the end of the story or near the end of the story when Job has responded to his

friends and the Lord himself comes to Job in his painful circumstance.

Now stop for a moment and think whatever painful circumstance you're in right now,

whether it's a loved one suffering because of COVID-19 or

the fears of someone maybe having it or being out of work, whatever your situation is,

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