Then Job … worshipped

“Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshiped,” - Job 1v20

Imagine this. You are going about your daily business. You love God and are happy with your family and your lot in life. Things couldn’t be better in the world.

Suddenly you get a phone call – “I hate to tell you this, but the stock market just collapsed, you are wiped out.” When they hang up you check your email and find out that the business associate that you trusted completely has emptied your bank account and skipped town. Then you get a text message on your mobile phone from your accountant who was supposed to have been paying all your bills. It contains the following “Boss, thnx 4 evrythng, CU l8ter J” followed by a visit from a solicitor for one of your many creditors. If that weren’t enough, someone rings the doorbell to tell you that all ten of your children have been killed in a tornado.

Bad day, huh? What would be your first reaction? Would your first response be to go and worship God? “Worship God?!?!” you might say, “How could a worship God then?”

Your question would seem well warranted, yet when Job faced a similar situation the Bible says that he “tore his robes, shaved his head, fell down … and worshipped.” We are reminded that worship is not to be conditional on our circumstances. God is worthy of our worship no matter what has happened. Next time we face a challenge may we consider Job … and worship.