Rubble Reaction

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Rubble Reaction

Author: Woodrow Kroll
Job 1:20
Then Job arose and tore his robe and shaved his
head, and he fell to the ground and worshiped.
Rubble Reaction
A Sunday school teacher was giving an object
lesson on reactions. She placed a glass on a
small table and carefully filled it to the brim
with water. Then she gave the table a slight
shake and some of the water sloshed out. "Oh,
my," she said, "I spilled some grape juice." A
hand shot up. "But that's water," said a little
boy. "That's right," she replied. "That's like
our reactions. We might want to react a certain
way to the things that shake our lives, but only
what we've put in can come out."
Job's life was severely shaken. He first lost his
wealth and his servants (Job 1:14-17). If that
were not enough, he then lost his children (vv.
18-19). He later lost his health (2:7-8) and,
finally, even his wife seemed to turn against him
(v. 9). This series of blows caused two reactions
to spill out of him. One was grief. He tore his
robe and shaved his head. But the other was total
submission to God. He fell to the ground and
worshiped. It was obvious that what filled him
most was love for and trust in the God of heaven.

Life is full of events that shake us. What spills
out of us depends on what we've put in us. If
you've been prone to harbor grudges and
bitterness, you can guess what will gush
out-anger and hatred. If you've sought to be
filled with the Holy Spirit and the things of
God, that also will be obvious by your reactions.
No matter how you might wish otherwise, only
those things that are in you can spill out.
If your life were reduced to a rubble heap and
all that you hold dear were gone, how would you
respond? Seek now to fill yourself with God's
peace and love so you won't be ashamed at what
comes spilling out of your life in hard times.
What we put in our lives will surely one day come
out.