Dr. Rick Mandl - December 17, 2020
When You Feel Like Quitting
Devotional Manuscript: When You Feel Like Quitting
Message By Dr. Rick Mandl, December 17, 2020, Eagle Rock Baptist Church
Recorded in Los Angeles, CA
Hey church family. It is one thing to be tempted to quit. It’s another thing to be told to do it, particularly when the ones who are telling you are the people closest to you – the people who should be encouraging you. Such was the experience of God’s servant Job. In the midst of his pain and suffering, when he needed a helping hand to lift him up, instead those the he loved and trusted the most put their foot on his neck. And yet the amazing thing in Job’s story is that in spite of all that he suffered In spite of all that he endured – Job continued to do the right thing.
Job 1:22 sums it up this way. It says . . . In spite of everything, Job didn’t sin by blaming God for doing anything wrong. If you know the story of Job, you know that later on in the book, Job will confront God, But he will never curse God. He will try to reason with God, but he will never reject God. He will try to stand up to God, but he will never walk away from God.
Try to put yourself in Job’s place. Try to imagine your best friend. . . Try to imagine your husband or your wife, basically telling you to commit suicide, to end your own life, and to do it while you are cursing God and shaking your fist in his face. That’s what happened to Job.
If there is one thing that Satan will always try to get us to do, particularly in tough times – It’s that he will try to get us to quit on God – he’ll try and get us to quit on our faith in God. Job didn’t wallow in self- pity. He didn’t walk away from God but rather ran to God in worship. No blame, no bitterness, no whining, no cursing, no “How dare you do this to me knowing what an upright man I’ve been.” Instead Job gave God the one thing that God always deserves in good times or bad – and that’s worship.
Job’s entire world had walked out on him, but he would not walk out on God. It’s alright to question God, but don’t you ever quit on God, because God never quits on you. When God starts a work in you, he finishes it. He promises he will. That’s why the Apostle Paul could tell us . . . “I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns.” Philippians 1:6 I pray that that promise would encourage us to keep on going when we might be tempted to quit.
Recorded in Los Angeles, CA.
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