“We welcome you to the God of Wonders Radio Program and the title tonight of the message is “I will bless the Lord at all times.” This is the fourth part and conclusion of the series by Pastor Kiruba Stephen. May God bless you as you listen.
Now, he certified about Job when he had good times, now we have to see what did God say about Job during his bad times. Did Job change anywhere? We are going to look at Job Chapter 42 verse 7 and 8; you see what is God telling about Job, verse 7 and 8. God is saying verse 7 7 And it was so, that after the Lord had spoken these words unto Job, the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.
So, He is basically saying that Job didn’t speak anything wrong. All you people who came and seemingly spoke righteous things about God yet you spoke bad things. Job was the one who spoke right things. And now God is telling them, 8 Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job.
Now we see twice God is saying in verse 7 once and verse 8 once time, twice God is telling. Same thing we saw in Chapter 1 where God says in verse 1 and then God says again “have you seen my servant Job?” In chapter 42, we are seeing twice God is saying about Job, “you see his words, no matter what he went through, he was a worshipper of me. He blessed me at all times. He never spoke anything bad.” And that should be said of us. We have to strive for that. We have to live a life that is pleasing to the Lord, live a life of worship. I will bless the Lord at all times. His praise shall continually be in my mouth. When that becomes our lifestyle, no matter what we go through, nothing will move us. It’s not that we will not feel any pain, even though we feel pain, we make a choice to worship God, we make a choice to bless God. So that is what we are learning from the life of Job and the life of David tonight and God is such a faithful God. He is not a God who likes to torment his people. If we look at it, all these people who we see in the book of Job like his own brethren who stayed away who didn’t come and his own friends and his family, all of them came. At the last chapter of Job, they all came, you know how they came, they came with gifts, they all brought gifts to Job and God blessed him to that extent, and children they were nobody as beautiful as his daughters, and God blessed him with everything and he blessed him double. So God is such a faithful God. In Deuteronomy Chapter 6 Verses 3 to 12, we have to have this in our minds because sometimes we can think, “okay, when we go through difficult times, it is difficult to worship God, it is difficult to bless God, but when I am happy I will definitely praise God.” But a lot of times, it’s the opposite also. A lot of times we can forget. That’s why God knows us. He knows humans. That’s why He says in Deuteronomy Chapter 6 verses 3 through 12, Can you please read, 3 Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the Lord God of thy fathers hath promised thee, in the land that floweth with milk and honey. 4 Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord: 5 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. 6 And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: 7 And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. 8 And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. 9 And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates. 10 And it shall be, when the Lord thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not, 11 And houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full; 12 Then beware lest thou forget the Lord, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. 13 Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name.
We see over here, how the Lord is saying, now you are going through the desert when I bring you into the promise land, when you are full, it is possible for you to forget the Lord your God, it’s very possible for you to forget everything that God has done. That’s what the Lord is saying. Remember! Remember from where I brought you, remember what I have done. It’s always good to recollect and that’s why he says write it, write it all over, teach your children, tell your children what the Lord did. Tell them all the miracles that the Lord did and tell them how he brought you out of the land of Egypt and all the wonderful things that the Lord has done, so that you don’t forget and they don’t forget; it’s not just for them it’s for us also, for us to remember what the Lord has done. And the key verse over here is verse 5 5 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
And saying, if we do this, we can never fall. If we love the Lord like Job did, if we love the Lord with all our heart like David did, in good times and in bad times, we will always praise Him. Simple example is like a marriage, when the marriage is a very strong marriage when the husband and wife are like very loving, no matter what sickness the spouse goes through, the wife will always be there, the husband will always be there. They will not be waiting okay, when will this person die. They will always be there. It will be like they’re both going through it together. Same thing with the Lord is, when we love the Lord our God with all our heart, mind, soul, and strength no matter what we go through, we will bless Him at all times. Because we know Him and He knows us. It is that tight relationship that we have is the practical relationship, a living walk with the living Lord will give us that strength to praise Him and He will give us the courage when we go through, just like David said, even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for thou art with me, thy rod, and thy staff they comfort me. So that is David’s secret even though he walked through everything, God was with him. And even though Job went through everything, he knew “my redeemer lives.” It looked like God forsook him, but he knew that God was there and God could trust him, that’s why the Lord says, even when he went through everything, Job did not sin. So we have to be like that and the last verse we are going to see is Psalm 103 verse 2, the very familiar verse that we all know, 2 Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:
That means it is very possible for us to forget all His benefits. When we get full and the Lord blesses us, when He answers our prayer, it is very possible for us to receive everything and completely forget who blessed us, who gave us. So we have to have these two things in our mind. One is when we go through bad times, do we bless the Lord? When we go through good times, do we bless the Lord? So I will bless the Lord at all times we have to like remember this verse. Lord I will bless you at all times, no matter what we go through, Lord no matter if have a job, if I lose my job, if I lose my house, if my lose everything, all the money, lose the vehicle, lose our very life, lose everything we have just like Job, even if we have to go through just like Job, we should be able to bless the Lord at all times. We can have a month full of blessing and totally forget the Lord and keep enjoying and completely leave our relationship with the Lord. So whatever we are going to face this month, we have to keep this in our heart, like a slogan, I will bless the Lord at all times, Lord tomorrow whatever I’m going to go through, if my friends forsake me, if my neighbor comes and screams at me, if little children come and make fun of me, and if I get sick from head to toe, if I lose everything I will bless the Lord at all times. Tomorrow I will bless the Lord at all times. Day after tomorrow I will bless the Lord at all times. Lord, next month I will bless the Lord at all times, good times and bad times. That’s how we’re going to remember when we think about this verse, it’s a good thing to meditate further, go home and meditate on this verse. I will bless the Lord at all times, good times and bad times, and whether we eat, whether we don’t eat, whether we have anything, whether we don’t have anything, whether people love us, whether people hate us, whether we are sick, whether we are healthy, whether we are rich, or whether we are poor, I will bless the Lord at all times.
We are just gonna close our eyes and we are gonna thank the Lord for His word for this month. Even though, it may not look like a promise, it is a strengthening promise for our soul that the Lord is giving us to bless Him regardless of what we are going to go through this month. What is awaiting us, we do not know, but we know what we have to do. We have to make a choice just like Job, how Job made a choice that I will bless the Lord at all times, how David made a choice I will bless the Lord at all times. No matter what happens, I will worship Him. We have to make that clear in ourselves and in our heart, resolve before the Lord, Lord I will bless you at all times, Father. Lord, whether I have headache, whether I have body pain, whether I can breathe, Lord whether I can walk, even if I am bed ridden, Lord I will bless you at all times. Lord whether I have food, whether I have the clothing, Lord I will bless you at all times. Lord even when I am full, Lord even if I become the king I will bless you, I will be like David. Lord I will not think about myself. I will think about you. Lord I will bless you at all times. I will not be shy, I will not be embarrassed to proclaim your goodness when you lift me up. I will bless the Lord at all times, in my good times. I will bless you Lord, I will bless you Lord, I will bless you Lord. Let’s make a promise to the Lord, Lord I will bless you at all times. Lord, no matter how high you lift me up, I will bless you at all times before the congregation like David says, before the nations, before the heathen, before God’s people, I will bless Him with all my heart, with all my strength. David danced before the Lord with all his might, he gave everything to the Lord. I will bless the Lord at all times, whether we go through difficult times like Job went through, or like David went through a period of wandering, Lord I will bless you at all times, in life and in death. Lord in sickness and health. Lord I will bless you at all times Jesus. Whatever I go through, even if I have to walk through the valley of the shadow of death, Lord I will bless you, I will bless you, I will bless you, Lord when you multiply me, Lord when you increase my riches, Lord when you give me a promotion, Lord I will bless you at all times. Lord where you have me, Lord working right now. Lord in the midst of the persecution, Lord in the midst of the family I am in, Lord wherever you have placed me, whatever our situation is, wherever we are right now, are we blessing the Lord? so ask ourselves a question. Lord, I will bless you, Lord throughout this month I will bless you. Lord today I will bless you, tonight I will bless you. Lord, tomorrow when I go to work I’ll bless you. Lord, whatever work I’m doing Lord, even at home while I’m cooking Lord, I’m going to bless you. Lord I’ll have a thankful heart. Lord, whether I have anything or not, I will thank you Lord, I will bless you. I will bless you at all times Jesus. I will bless you at all times Lord. Lord I praise you, praise you, praise you. Let’s open our mouth and praise the Lord. We thank you Father, we praise you, praise you, praise you, praise you…
“I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth,”because God is the one, dear friends, who has cared for us all of these years. He is the One who has watched over us, for our own safety. He is the One who cares for our welfare. He is the One who has wonderful plan for our lives, only God.
