Job 6:4
“For the arrows of the Almighty are within me,
Their poison my spirit drinks;
The terrors of God are arrayed against me.
Now, we could argue that this was not the discipline of The Lord, at all. It was Satan's retribution on Job for being a righteous man. However, it should be considered that Job is a man who believes in the complete sovereign acts of God. He knows that nothing can happen to him unless God allows it and if God allows it then it must be something God is using in his life. He sees the pain as God's Work in his life. God does love us and we need to realize the pain we may go through in the midst of suffering. We don't want to be on the end of any arrow. Satan has "fiery darts" shooting at us all the time. The only way to quench those is with the "shield of faith." Job admits in this verse the truth of the pain he is in. It doesn't mean he was rejecting God's discipline. It only means he knew and experienced it in genuine pain. Our faith does not exempt us from pain. It only allows us to be carried through it.
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