A Companion of Ostriches

"I have become a brother to jackals And a companion of ostriches." Job 30:29 Job felt as if he was all alone. His friends didn't believe him. He said that people whose fathers he would not have disdained to keep with his dogs now mocked him. His wife wasn't supporting him. His children had died. His servants were gone. Even God seemed far away and hadn't yet answered him. Have you ever felt like Job. No one understands. God seems distant. The people you trusted aren't there for you. We all experience low times in life. Everyone goes through times that are difficult and unpleasant. The devil wants us to believe that we are all alone. He would have us think that we are on a level with jackals and ostriches. He wants us to forget that we are chosen by God to be saved. He doesn't want us to remember that we are loved by God. God has something else to say to us, 'For I know the plans that I have for you,' declares the Lord, 'plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope.' God want us to have hope. He doesn't want us to despair. He wants to raise us up from the level of ostriches to brothers and sisters of Jesus. We are God's special children. We get to split God's inheritance with Jesus! Lord, thank You for loving us so much. I pray that You would help me to be a gracious, humble recipient of all Your gifts and Your amazing love. I am unworthy, but through Jesus, I can be Your son and inherit all the goodness that You have in heaven. Help me to live as Your son. Help me to share Your amazing love with those around me. Help me not to live on a level with jackals.