Job, in the face of more adversity than we can comprehend, said: "Tell I die I will not remove mine integrity from me. My righteousness I hold fast and will not let it go" (Job 27:5-6).
Job had every reason to abandon the exemplary standards by which he had lived his life. Formerly owner of thousands of camels, sheep, oxen, and donkeys, having a large family, revered by his countrymen, all was taken from him. Gone were his wealth, his children and his health. Even his friends failed to provide comfort but instead found fault with him, saying that he had brought this adversity upon himself. Yet Job bore it all, refusing to turn against God and refusing to abandon his integrity.
It is important to remember that, having passed this supreme test, "the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning" (Job 42:12).
His example extends a powerful invitation to all of us to be true to the best that lies within us. As we are obedient to the Lord and maintain our integrity through the trials that life gives us, our end will also be greater than our beginning. We may not see those rewards in this life. However, it is certain that in the life to come God will shower upon us blessings that we can hardly imagine.
God's promises are sure. As Solomon said, "There hath not failed one word of all his good promise" (1 Kings 8:56). The Prophet Mormon is a second witness. "The eternal purposes of the Lord shall roll on, until all his promises shall be fulfilled" (Book of Mormon: Mormon 8:22). Indeed His word will never fail--time without end. I know this is true.
What hangs in the balance is our willingness to hold fast to our integrity, to our righteousness. We too may then reap the rewards of the faithful. I testify, beyond any shadow of doubt, that the Savior stands ready to help us in this quest, if we call on Him in faith and exert our very best efforts. "We have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need" (Hebrews 4:15-16).
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