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Date: Tuesday, June 08, 2016
Chapters: Job 40-42
Message: Be Not Weary In Waiting
Hello My Friend,
Weary, Having the patience exhausted, or the mind yielding to discouragement. I always considered myself to be a patient person, but the last couple of years I have come to realize I am not very patient at all. I can get so frustrated with what seems like constant work with no results that I do get weary. I am not alone, we all get weary, especially of the mind when trying to live the life we are given and have obstacles along the way. While waiting is not something we like doing, it is something we have to do if we want God’s besides, waiting actually gives us things quicker than if we go ahead of God. “Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding. But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.” - Isaiah 40:28,31.
While most days reading God’s Word teaches me or reminds me of something I need to know, some days God screams things at me, things that I truly needed to be reminded of. Today is one of those screaming days. You see, I spent half the day on Saturday buying supplies for a cake that someone special ordered. She wanted to pick it up Sunday afternoon around the time I would be at choir practice at church, I prayed for an early pick up. She called early and I thought my prayers were answered. Well, Not only did she send me a text that she had to turn back on her way to pick it up, I no longer had a way to get to church. So, here I am on a Sunday afternoon, no choir practice, no church, and a cake that is just sitting on the table. I did not praise God or thank Him, I began crying, asking God what I had to do for Him to stop giving me all this hope and it was gone.
Why am I telling you this story? I got weary. I have been fighting with this issue for some time now, I am convinced that God is mad at me and everyone around me is suffering because of it. Now, what is the truth? God is not mad at me, perhaps the only issue He has is that I have been doing what Job had been doing, trying to justify myself. I imagine Job felt weary also, and now God Himself appeared and was asking him impossible questions. “Then Job answered the LORD, and said, Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth. Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further. Then answered the LORD unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said, Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me. Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous? Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him? Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty. Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him. Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.” - Job 40:3-12.
“and tread down the wicked in their place.” When you stop to think about all that God has to deal with from man you can understand what He has to deal with. It is not like He pulls our names out of a hat and says I will grant this one this, He puts a great deal of consideration into what He does with each one of us. Things we think are flaws, birth defects, rare disorders, distorted body images, God had a reason for making us the way He did, He is not condemning, punishing, or making us suffer, He is making us stronger, hopeful, and faithful. As for the proud and wicked, God deals with them too, we may not see the judgment, but God is very patient, they will have their reward for their deeds. “Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf. For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God? And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear? Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.” - 1 Peter 4:16-19.
God continues, He describes one of the most powerful beasts He created, the leviathan, a very large, strong, fish-like, serpent, water-animal, many claim it to be a crocodile or whale, but neither of these are correct, and the entire description proves it is something of much greater strength and size. “Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down? Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him? None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me? Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine. I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion. Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him with his double bridle? Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about.” - Job 41:1,9-14.
“who then is able to stand before me?” The most powerful beast on earth cannot compare to the power of God. He is God, He does not have to explain Himself. Science has the idea that it can prove how everything was made, especially life itself. It is natural to want to know how things are made and function, but it is unnatural to question the Maker. There are some things that we are not meant to know for instance, a life forming in the womb, we can see images of the stages in which God creates life, but there is no possible way to know how organs and bones formed in the womb. Science is good at recreating some amazing things to sustain life, but it will never compare to the power of God. “For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.” - I Corinthians 1:19-21.
Job could not say anything, but acknowledge that there are many things in this world that cannot be explained. “I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee. Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not. Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me. I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee. Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes. And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath. Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job.” - Job 42:2-8.
“and my servant Job shall pray for you:” One of the most powerful things we can do is pray for others. Pray for our friends, even our enemies, pray for people we never even met. When we pray for others, especially those who are misinformed, God blesses us. God brought Job to the realization that he was not meant to know all the answers to life's problems, he just had to trust Him and keep living the life he had been living. After Job was put to the test and passed, his friends did not, God confronted them on the way they treated him. Job was blessed with double of what he lost after he prayed for his friends. We too must come to the place where we realize we do not know all the answers. God knows what He is doing, every trial, every circumstance, every situation we get into, is not by chance, it is all to get us to realize that we have a bigger God than our situation. “For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.” - II Corinthians 4:16-18.
Today's Prayer: God, I know that your hand is in everything and I am trusting You to get me through every trial I face. I admit sometimes instead of handing things over to You I get impatient and prolong things more. Lord, give me Your power to let go of the fight to try to handle it all on my own and just hand it all over to You. Give me patience to wait for You and let me not get weary in serving You. Let me find comfort through the unpleasant experiences I am facing and remind me to pray for everyone You put on my mind. In Jesus' name. Amen.
God Bless You, I am praying for you,
Christina
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Date: Tuesday, June 08, 2016
Chapters: Job 40-42
Message: Be Not Weary In Waiting
Hello My Friend,
Weary, Having the patience exhausted, or the mind yielding to discouragement. I always considered myself to be a patient person, but the last couple of years I have come to realize I am not very patient at all. I can get so frustrated with what seems like constant work with no results that I do get weary. I am not alone, we all get weary, especially of the mind when trying to live the life we are given and have obstacles along the way. While waiting is not something we like doing, it is something we have to do if we want God’s besides, waiting actually gives us things quicker than if we go ahead of God. “Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding. But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.” - Isaiah 40:28,31.
While most days reading God’s Word teaches me or reminds me of something I need to know, some days God screams things at me, things that I truly needed to be reminded of. Today is one of those screaming days. You see, I spent half the day on Saturday buying supplies for a cake that someone special ordered. She wanted to pick it up Sunday afternoon around the time I would be at choir practice at church, I prayed for an early pick up. She called early and I thought my prayers were answered. Well, Not only did she send me a text that she had to turn back on her way to pick it up, I no longer had a way to get to church. So, here I am on a Sunday afternoon, no choir practice, no church, and a cake that is just sitting on the table. I did not praise God or thank Him, I began crying, asking God what I had to do for Him to stop giving me all this hope and it was gone.
Why am I telling you this story? I got weary. I have been fighting with this issue for some time now, I am convinced that God is mad at me and everyone around me is suffering because of it. Now, what is the truth? God is not mad at me, perhaps the only issue He has is that I have been doing what Job had been doing, trying to justify myself. I imagine Job felt weary also, and now God Himself appeared and was asking him impossible questions. “Then Job answered the LORD, and said, Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth. Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further. Then answered the LORD unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said, Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me. Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous? Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him? Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty. Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him. Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.” - Job 40:3-12.
“and tread down the wicked in their place.” When you stop to think about all that God has to deal with from man you can understand what He has to deal with. It is not like He pulls our names out of a hat and says I will grant this one this, He puts a great deal of consideration into what He does with each one of us. Things we think are flaws, birth defects, rare disorders, distorted body images, God had a reason for making us the way He did, He is not condemning, punishing, or making us suffer, He is making us stronger, hopeful, and faithful. As for the proud and wicked, God deals with them too, we may not see the judgment, but God is very patient, they will have their reward for their deeds. “Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf. For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God? And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear? Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.” - 1 Peter 4:16-19.
God continues, He describes one of the most powerful beasts He created, the leviathan, a very large, strong, fish-like, serpent, water-animal, many claim it to be a crocodile or whale, but neither of these are correct, and the entire description proves it is something of much greater strength and size. “Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down? Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him? None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me? Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine. I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion. Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him with his double bridle? Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about.” - Job 41:1,9-14.
“who then is able to stand before me?” The most powerful beast on earth cannot compare to the power of God. He is God, He does not have to explain Himself. Science has the idea that it can prove how everything was made, especially life itself. It is natural to want to know how things are made and function, but it is unnatural to question the Maker. There are some things that we are not meant to know for instance, a life forming in the womb, we can see images of the stages in which God creates life, but there is no possible way to know how organs and bones formed in the womb. Science is good at recreating some amazing things to sustain life, but it will never compare to the power of God. “For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.” - I Corinthians 1:19-21.
Job could not say anything, but acknowledge that there are many things in this world that cannot be explained. “I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee. Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not. Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me. I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee. Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes. And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath. Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job.” - Job 42:2-8.
“and my servant Job shall pray for you:” One of the most powerful things we can do is pray for others. Pray for our friends, even our enemies, pray for people we never even met. When we pray for others, especially those who are misinformed, God blesses us. God brought Job to the realization that he was not meant to know all the answers to life's problems, he just had to trust Him and keep living the life he had been living. After Job was put to the test and passed, his friends did not, God confronted them on the way they treated him. Job was blessed with double of what he lost after he prayed for his friends. We too must come to the place where we realize we do not know all the answers. God knows what He is doing, every trial, every circumstance, every situation we get into, is not by chance, it is all to get us to realize that we have a bigger God than our situation. “For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.” - II Corinthians 4:16-18.
Today's Prayer: God, I know that your hand is in everything and I am trusting You to get me through every trial I face. I admit sometimes instead of handing things over to You I get impatient and prolong things more. Lord, give me Your power to let go of the fight to try to handle it all on my own and just hand it all over to You. Give me patience to wait for You and let me not get weary in serving You. Let me find comfort through the unpleasant experiences I am facing and remind me to pray for everyone You put on my mind. In Jesus' name. Amen.
God Bless You, I am praying for you,
Christina
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