“I had heard of You [only] by the hearing of the ear, but now my [spiritual] eye sees You. Therefore I loathe [my words] and abhor myself and repent in dust and ashes.”
(JOB 42:5,6 AMP)
Listening to what others say about God does not even begin to compare to see Him with your own eyes. We read about Job’s life and in his story we find the answer to an old age question as to why the Creator of all will allow the righteous too suffer! In the answer we find that there are many things we all need to know about God and on a personal level we not only need know about Him but about ourselves as well. We can not find these answers without going through the fires of trials.
The most important lessons can never be learned simply through sitting in or class or reading a book for that matter. These lessons will be learned during the dark nights, in the middle of the deep valley’s, and the heaviest battles of tribulation.
It is these moment’s when our faith is put to its greatest test – it is stretched to the point that we believe it can be stretched no more – yet when we have gained the victory, through Christ – we look back to see our faith has been enlarged and strengthened.
Painful? Yes, but a needed ingredient in our walk, even as the suffering of a young shepherd boy, anointed King of a nation yet having his faith stretched for 20 some years after his call, walked into the position of king of Israel, a seasoned warrior.
And it is during these times when we cry out, Father deliver me – yet like the school teacher who has answered all your questions leading up too the test, remains silent to answers during the exam, for they have already giving you the answer to question, now its time for you to apply it. So is the way of our Lord, Yeshua, He is there standing before us, He is even praying for our success in passing the test nevertheless He understands that it is a needed process for our growth.
For indeed we serve an Awesome God!!
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