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Job chapter 17 verse 9 yet the righteous holds to his way and he who has clean hands grows

stronger and stronger.

Well, what a statement, Job, in the middle of all he is experiencing, in the middle of suffering

and tragedy and hurt and pain says,

Yet the righteous holds to his way.

And he has clean hands grows stronger and stronger.

Just think about how when we walk through suffering,

how much temptation there is to not hold to your way,

or better put to God's way to God's word how easy it is to go off track to begin to doubt the goodness of God and the greatness of God and the things that you know to be true and that are true.

But the righteous holds to his way.

And he has clean hands.

Just think about all the temptations there are.

To sin amid suffering, to charge God with wrong in ways that Job was not doing or even

just to act toward others in ways that are not wholly clean, pure before God and others.

Oh, the adversary wants to have a field day amidst our suffering to pull us away from God.

And Job 17, verse 9, says,

yet the righteous holds to his way.

And he who has clean hands grows stronger and stronger.

I just want to pray these verses, especially over those of you who are walking through hard days in anyway and over all of us when it comes to preparing our hearts for hard days.

Let's pray, God help us to hold to our way to your way to your

word in the middle of hard, dark, difficult days. We pray that you would help us to hold fast to your word to not

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