I love what my Grandpa wrote the other day.
- "Tho He slay me ,yet will i trust in Him ". Job 13:15 Job with much reason was bewildered and frustrated with the sudden loss of everything he had. The loss of his children and even his wife discouraging him .He could only see and feel his great loss and now the pain of his sickness...from the top of his head to the bottom of his feet. No wonder he wished to never have been born . Wrestling with "Why all this at once?" He with his three comforters could only see the material loss and bodily pain .And his friends could see nothing else but that it was a result of sin in his life and God was punishing him . Job insisted that this was not the case . Through it all his faith was still intact ,as we see in our key verse , and also in chapter 18:25 " For I know that my redeemer liveth and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth ,and tho after my skin worms destroy my body , yet in my flesh shall i see God " And also " when He has tried me i shall come forth as Gold ." So we tend to feel and see the material, physical loss and pain ...But as Job and his friends could not see behind the scenes , the Mighty hand of God holding him safe from the destruction of the enemy .Neither do we we see behind the scenes the Marvelous hand of God and His plan ,and purpose in the trials that come our way . Hence the frustration with "Why This?" "Why Me ?" May we like Job not falter in our faith but know that God behind the scenes is allowing all this for our good . - By Sanford Yoder
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