Job 29:2 Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;

With these words Job continues to tell his story of his glory days.

Job 29:20 My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.

Ah, the glory days, the vigor of youth, daring confidence, and a glowing look at all the good we did without a worry or concern for anything negative. It is after all our memory, our telling, it is our story.

Just be careful in telling it around anyone that was there during those days. It might not look the same through the eyes of others. Even if it was, what of it? What does all that have to do with today?

Isaiah 43:19a Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it?

Job’s disclaimer was that he walked with God and suddenly all the blessings that came from that relationship were withheld from him. Job refused to believe that the withheld blessing had anything to do with his actions or attitudes. It was God’s right to do as He pleased.

Job 1:22 In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.

As I study Job and his reactions to his circumstances, I see different things at different times. Maybe it is because my situation changes and I have a new perspective. This is what I see today.

Reflective memory can blind me to what God is doing in my life this day that is a new thing.

Or, looking back is not looking up.

Job’s circumstances were extremely difficult. I must admit they were worse than mine today. My situation is not a character in a book, it is real and it is present.

The same lesson still applies.