God's Majesty through the eyes of His servant, Job:
As the Sovereign God of the Universe--full of mercy, grace, love and wisdom--He gives and He takes away as He deems best--knows best. And our heart's response should be, "Blessed be the Name of the Lord." He always knows best--and gives so much more than He ever takes away.
He knows where He is "taking" us spiritually. And His purpose in doing so is to refine us into His gold--His treasure--ready to be spent for the furtherance of the kingdom and to bring glory to His Name. When He disciplines us because of our sin or disciplines us to "simply" transform us into a greater reflector of His character, the trial is a vote of His confidence in us that we will respond in all humility and repentance to His working in our lives--that we will bow in reverence and submission and repentance to His hand at work in us--and for us.
He is the Living Redeemer. One day in my flesh He promises that I will see Him face-to face--as my Redeemer.
He is the Omnipotent, Omniscient Creator and Sustainer of His Creation. Again my understanding--no matter how small--of such wisdom and power should bring me to my knees in worship and submission to His will for my life--whatever it may be. Can the God of all the earth do wrong? The answer to that rhetorical question is always a resounding, "No!"
When His child is going through great difficulties, it is highly more likely--very highly more likely--that the suffering is not because he or she has sinned greatly, but because he or she is living by the Spirit's power a righteous and upright life that pleases Him--and infuriates the enemy.
He has commissioned me, given me the assignment, to humbly intercede in prayer for those who have hurt and defamed me--even if it was done in a sincere but misguided attempt to give me spiritual advice based on a false understanding of who God is. I am to plead with God to lavish them with His forgiving mercy and grace.
He knows where He is "taking" us spiritually. And His purpose in doing so is to refine us into His gold--His treasure--ready to be spent for the furtherance of the kingdom and to bring glory to His Name. When He disciplines us because of our sin or disciplines us to "simply" transform us into a greater reflector of His character, the trial is a vote of His confidence in us that we will respond in all humility and repentance to His working in our lives--that we will bow in reverence and submission and repentance to His hand at work in us--and for us.
He is the Living Redeemer. One day in my flesh He promises that I will see Him face-to face--as my Redeemer.
He is the Omnipotent, Omniscient Creator and Sustainer of His Creation. Again my understanding--no matter how small--of such wisdom and power should bring me to my knees in worship and submission to His will for my life--whatever it may be. Can the God of all the earth do wrong? The answer to that rhetorical question is always a resounding, "No!"
When His child is going through great difficulties, it is highly more likely--very highly more likely--that the suffering is not because he or she has sinned greatly, but because he or she is living by the Spirit's power a righteous and upright life that pleases Him--and infuriates the enemy.
He has commissioned me, given me the assignment, to humbly intercede in prayer for those who have hurt and defamed me--even if it was done in a sincere but misguided attempt to give me spiritual advice based on a false understanding of who God is. I am to plead with God to lavish them with His forgiving mercy and grace.
God's testimony: "My servant Job has spoken what is right."
May we like Job bow in repentance and submission before Him that we might "see" who He is more deeply than we have ever seen Him before. May we plead with Him to instruct us in "things too wonderful" to even fully understand.
"How majestic is His Name in all the earth!"
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