Friday, November 18, 2005

Today's Devotional- Is Faith Always Worthwhile?



Is Faith Always Worthwhile?
SO WHAT DO we get out of faith? Money? Power? Success? Every believer comes to these questions at some time or other. It is, after all, Satan's question in the first chapter. And so the fateful test is designed--the test to see whether Job's faith is without any ulterior motive or, as Satan believes, merely a commercial contract rather than a covenant of belonging. After Job prays for his friends, he has his fortune restored and is given a new family. The story ends with Job living happily ever after and dying "old and full of years." But was Satan right? Is unselfish faith possible? or even desirable?

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