"Faint Not; Be Very Bold"

"The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets." (Proverbs 26:13) There is something the happens to the heart of a man when he becomes fainthearted, he loses something which is natural to a man. When I look at Job, I have to wonder at what point in his trial did he lose heart; was it at the point when he sat on the ground and covered himself in ashes; or was at the point when his wife said, 'Curse God and die'? He replied to his wife that which was good, but one can only wonder whether or not he had taken it to heart; because even though he rebuked his wife, "Thou speaketh as a foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?" Yet in a very short while, this is almost his attitude: To curse the day he was born and anything else that had anything to do with that day. He actually did not curse God, but he cursed everything about God and His creation; Is there a difference? Basically what I am saying, is that at what point did Job come to a point where the things which are of the present mattered more than the eternal. Actually I believe it was at the point when he sat on the ground in ashes, and started scraping his boils; what his wife said to him was only confirmation of the obvious: Job had given up. There was something which drove Job before, which had been removed: Boldness, 'parresia': Freedom or frankness in speaking; confidence, particularly in speaking: Holding fast our Hope, which entails a special exercise of Faith. Job had devoted his life to praying and offering sacrifice for his children, continually he did this; Why? Because he believed that he could intercede on behalf of them; he believed that he could offer sacrifice for their wrong they committed in their hearts, "for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts'. So again, let me ask, What motivated Job to offer sacrifices for his children? Wasn't it his belief in the God he served to be merciful and to honor his sacrifices; and also his belief in something which is far greater than what is seen? This which had motivated him to go before God on behalf of his children, was not just a small thing; it was passion; it was motivated by love; and it was boldness towards God. Yet, that was what left him when he sat on the ground; his eternal perspective had changed to looking upon the now. Am I putting Job down? No, not in anyway; I am just stating that he was putting forth the obvious, so much so, that his wife stated what she saw; a broken man. Now, contrast this with the brokenness of Christ on the cross; there was only one outburst of remorse, "My God, My God, why hast thou forsaken ME". Yet, His outburst was not given in response to His situation out of faintheartedness, but was rather given to proclaim what was done, because after that He proclaimed, "It is Finished". Boldness: to proclaim openly what you know to be true!!! "Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ; And to make all man see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ: To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God, According to the eternal purpose which He purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord: In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith in Him. Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory." (Ephesians 3:8-13)