Worship First

Then Job arose, tore his robe, shaved his head, and fell on the ground and worshiped. -Job 1:20

How interesting that Job's first reaction was to worship. In the worst moments of my life, my first reaction is to ask God to take it all away. It is so hard to just accept the difficulties in life and deal with them. We want them to just go away and are not above begging God to work a miracle.

We know, though, that hardship, pain and suffering are often good for us. Wouldn't it be great if we could learn all the life lessons and build character without going through all the bad stuff? Wouldn't it be great if when something not-so-pleasant befalls us our first reaction would be to worship?

God of Our Hardships,

Help us to first worship. Amen.