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Desperate Place" The book of Job is not one of my favorite books for a lot of
reasons, but lately as I was looking at some of the trials of
Job I saw some interesting truths I would like to share with you.
All of us in our walk with the Lord come to places we just don't
understand, I have been there many times as have you I'm sure.
Our understanding of God has been over turned our world turned topsy
turvy and we come to realize that we would rather do anything, good
things like our own personal "faith formulas" to make life work. We
really hope deep down that God will never put us in a position when
we have to trust only Him!
At times it seems God is hiding from us
but actually He is keeping us from building a life without Him. See
Isaiah, 45:15.
When we come to the
end of ourselves. When all our "supposed right answers and right
actions", are like shifting sand is when God is deeply at work in
our hearts and lives. We come to a point of not trusting our
formulas and intellect, but our trust is only in Him. So God is
obliged to crumble our perfect little systems and theologies. We
come to a point of desperation so we will learn to trust.
This is Job's story! God had something better in mind for Job.
He repented of using his religious system to manipulate God into
making everything right. All he had left was faith in God and
everything else was gone. In Job 42:5 Job says, "My ears have heard
of you but now my eyes have seen you". After seeing God he saw
whatever needed to be taken care of would be taken care of. God is
in control of every detail of His kids lives and that includes you!
Be encouraged dear one, God is at work whether you see it or not. |
