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J?B and the N.R.A.
A RECOVERY ACT THAT WORKED 6000 YEARS AGO
JOB
had a one-man depression. The Bible tells us that he fulfilled all the conditions of a fine and useful citizen. He was honest, industrious, kind to his family and had a host of friends. His riches were a by-word. Then, suddenly, everything was swept away from him, and he was left in poverty and suffering. ¶ Evidently Job's experience was recorded as a lesson for all time. What was it? There is nothing to indicate that this calamity was a punishment for sin. Nevertheless, it is stated that his loss was permitted by an all-wise Providence. The deduction is that he needed this experience, and it was incumbent upon him to discover in what way he had failed to meet the requirements of his Maker. ¶ After the crash, Job's wife told him to curse God and die. He refused. He had lost all the desirable things which his human intelligence and business acumen had enabled him to acquire. Yet, instead of striving to recover what he had before the blow fell, he began to concern himself with considering the part his Maker played in the scheme of things. ¶ Then he learned the lesson—that divine dependence is more important than human independence. Finally the narrative tells us that “. . . the Lord turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before.” ¶ If Job's experience was intended
Therefore,
let us take as our slogan this thought-provoking edict:
Nothing Man Gains Through the Strength of His Own Right Arm or the Cleverness of His Own Intelligence Can Be Lasting, If Man Disregards His Creator!
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