Good, Never Challenge

Day 14 - Job 1:16-2:10

Job 2:10 “He replied, ‘You are talking like a foolish woman. Shall we accept good from God, and not
trouble?’ In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.”

Sometimes we believe that the only way God provides to us is through good.  Isn't there a saying "God won't give us more than we can handle"?  Why would that saying even be around if we only got good from God.  Job is really sick because God is testing his dedication to Him to prove to Satan Job's belief in Him and more importantly Job's unwillingness to curse God.  God tests people all the time, but back then people knew it as such and would handle it as a test from God.  However today we hit a rough patch and instead of asking for God's guidance and help through it, the majority of us blame Him and curse His name and so on.  I wonder why our attitudes towards His tests for us have changed over the years.  I wonder who the first person was to curse God because of a test.  Is it just because it is easy to blame and curse Him?  Is it because we believe He won't "get all in our face" like someone might if we blamed and cursed them out?  I am challenging myself to recognize challenges in my life as tests from God and pray for His guidance during these times rather than look to blame someone.  More than likely, the challenge will be there because of something I had done.