"Then Job arose and tore his robe and shaved his head and fell on the ground and worshiped. And he said, 'Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked shall I return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.' " – Job 1:20-21 ESV
We quote this and it is a good thing to quote but it is also good to remember that this is just the first chapter of Job. Job has forty two chapters. Job was wealthy and living in a momentum of prosperity when he said this. This was just the beginning of his life unraveling. He isn't 'humble'... yet.
"Then Job answered the LORD and said: 'I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted. 'Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge?' Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I did not know. 'Hear, and I will speak; I will question you, and you make it known to me.' I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you; therefore I despise myself, and repent in dust and ashes.' " – Job 42:1-6 ESV
This is Job after Job has 'died to his situation'. A thing you just can't do by choice alone. Circumstances are needed. Ones no one wants.
"Then He looked at them and said, "What then is this that is written: 'The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief cornerstone'? 'Whoever falls on that stone will be broken; but on whomever it falls, it will grind him to powder.' " – Luke 20:17-18 NKJV
In years past i thought i was humble and maybe i was... in degrees. I look at God now more like Job in chapter forty two. As a morally bankrupt person in awe of His holiness and wisdom.
"He also had seven sons and three daughters. And he called the name of the first Jemimah, the name of the second Keziah, and the name of the third Keren-Happuch. In all the land were found no women [so] beautiful as the daughters of Job; and their father gave them an inheritance among their brothers. After this Job lived one hundred and forty years, and saw his children and grandchildren [for] four generations. So Job died, old and full of days." – Job 42:13-17 NKJV
Not a bad end.
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