Friday, June 7, 2013

Week 23 - Day 6

Job 11-14

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I love the realness in Job’s words, the raw vulnerability he does not try to hide.  He questions God why this is happening to him.  He wishes he could just die.  On top of all his suffering he has to deal with his friends accusing him of sinning to cause it all, which he knows is not true. 

These few words from Job, however, rise above all the others and show the depth of his faith:

“Yet will I hope in Him.”

Job knew of God’s sovereignty.  He says that even animals, birds, fish, and the earth itself know they come from the hand of God.  “In His hand is the life of every creature and the breath of all mankind.” 

No matter what the situation, no matter how hopeless something might seem, in the hands of Sovereign God there is hope. 

“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” (Romans 15:13)


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