Overcoming Silent Frustration?
Keys from the Life of Job
By: Dr. Shanon T. Eaton
One of the greatest battles that believers face is the issue
of silent frustration. Many times it is not the struggles and tests that people know about that are causing us
to lose heart, but the the secret struggles and battles in our mind and heart that nobody knows about.
Have you ever come to the point where you felt like there was nobody that you could talk to.
Has it ever seemed as if there was nobody who really understand you. As a result many times you walked around with a
smile, but inside you were ready to breakdown and give up.
There is good news my brothers and sisters. God is still on the throne. It is the
intent of the enemy (Devil) to draw you to a place in your life in which you no longer trust God. He tries to do this
in your life by making you question God.
As I prayed and lay before God, he gave me a Word that was preached at the Orlando Faith Foursqaure
Church. Great Deliverance and Enlightenment Took Place and I would Like to Share the keys from that Message with you
in this weeks faith word.
First Let's Outline who Exactly Job Was: (Job 1)
1) He was a Spiritually Mature Man
2) He was the Father of Many Children
3) He was a wealthy and influential man
4) He was a Preist to His Family
5) He was a Loving and Wise Husband
6) He was a Man of Benevolence (A Giver)
7) He Was a Wise Leader
James 5:11 Gives us an Exhortation: "Indeed we
count them blessed who endure. You have heard of the Perserverence of Job and seen the end intended by the Lord-that
the Lord is Very Compassionate and Merciful"
*We are instructed to look at Job's example. We can see from the word of God that Job went
through many things.
What Did Job Experience?
1) Painful Boils from Head to Toe
2) Severe itching and Irritation
3) Great Grief
4) Lost Appetite
5) Agonizing Discomfort
6) Insomnia
7) Worm and Dust infested Flesh
8) Continuing oozing of Boils
9) Hallucinations
10) Decaying Skin
11) Shiveling up
12) Severe halatosis
13) Teeth Fell out
14) Relentless Pain
15) Skin Turned Balck
16) Raging Fever
17) Dramatic Weight Loss
*While many of us cannot claim to have experienced these things, but we have had our own private
struggles that we thought would be the end of our lives. There is hope and Good news. There are keys from the
life of Job that will help us to Live again.
Six Keys to Remember from the Life of Job
1) There are matters going on in heaven that believers know nothing about; yet they affect our lives.
2) Even the best effort at explaining the issues of life can be useless;
3) God's People Do suffer. Bad things happen all the time to Good People; so one cannot judge a person's
spirituality by his painful circumstances or successes.
4) Even though God seems far away, perseverance in faith is a most boble virtue since God is Good ad one Can
safely leave his life in God's hands.
5) The beliver in the midst of suffering should not abandon God, but draw near to Him, so out of the fellowship
can come comfort-with oout the explanaition.
6) Suffering may be intense, but it will ultimately end for the righteous and God will bless abundantly.
May God Richly bless you through this breif Teaching.
