I just got done doing a yearly rite of early Spring…I ordered my garden seed! For me, there’s so much hope tied up in that little task. Hope of warmer weather, hope of a great growing season ahead, hope of a plentiful harvest to share with others. Hope gives us, just that – hope! Without hope and looking forward, there is only despair, depression, and doubt. Thank You Lord, for Your everlasting, ever renewing hope!
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Job 23:10 ” But He knows the way I take; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold.”
Our journey in life is one test after another. During this purification process, we’ll go through the fire more than once…but its within that refining that our essential character and integrity is determined. Without that testing, we would never become the people we are today.
Job 25:2 ” Dominion and awe belong to God.”
It says in Psalm 47:9, ” The kings of the world belong to God.” He rules and reigns over all…every people group, every country, every person. Stand before the Lord today in wonder and reverence that is befitting only Him…for He is God.
Job 37:23 ” The Almighty is beyond our reach and exalted in power; in His justice and great righteousness, He does not oppress.”
The Lord is so far above what we can even fathom. Neither can we imagine the depth and width of His wondrous knowledge and wisdom. But despite this all, He does not treat us with tyrannical cruelty and mistreatment…No, quite the opposite.
Job 42:5 ” My ears have heard of You, but now my eyes have seen You.”
You may have heard about Jesus all your life…you allow His name to go in one ear and out the other, completely disregarding what He’s done for you… until that fateful day when circumstances bring you face to face with the cold reality of your own sinfulness. In the mist of your wretchedness, Jesus extends His hand, and suddenly recognition of the truth and revelation of Jesus allows you to see your Savior for the very first time. Finally, you not only have heard of Him… you now know Him.
Job 23:10 ” But He knows the way that I take; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold.”
The Lord understands us better than we do ourselves…He knows our behaviors and actions before they even happen. So when we are tested by Him, He is determining our true character and integrity…for He wants us to emerge from His refiner’s fire as pure, precious gold. Those tests will come…but we can come forth victorious.
Job 5:17 ” Blessed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.”
Spankings are never fun… and when it’s the Lord wielding the switch, it can be down right miserable. As mere mortals in all our weaknesses and frailties, we stray often, and like unruly calves, need to be roped in…but hopefully this correction will result in education on our part. But it all hinges on whether we accept the reprove, or reject it and turn away from God. Spankings hurt for a little bit, but we must always keep in mind…”The Lord disciplines those He loves and punishes everyone He accepts as a son.” (Proverbs 3:11)
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