Good Morning,
Today, I have a very novel Idea to write about. I
know that all of us are going through some kind of transition.
Transition can be difficult and rewarding as well, if we keep the right
thought processes. God is sovereign and omniscient-all knowing. He does
know things that we could never perceive, and we must trust Him to
bring it to pass. Having said all that, here is the novel
idea, why don't we just simply love God. You know He is worthy of our
love, just because He is a good God. What if He never did anything
else, wouldn't He still be deserving of your love? [ just thinking out
loud]
know that all of us are going through some kind of transition.
Transition can be difficult and rewarding as well, if we keep the right
thought processes. God is sovereign and omniscient-all knowing. He does
know things that we could never perceive, and we must trust Him to
bring it to pass. Having said all that, here is the novel
idea, why don't we just simply love God. You know He is worthy of our
love, just because He is a good God. What if He never did anything
else, wouldn't He still be deserving of your love? [ just thinking out
loud]
Listen to Job, as he was transitioning from the place of tests, trials and tribulations that had multiplied in his life. Job
10:1-5; "I am disgusted with my life. Let me complain freely. My
bitter soul must complain. I will say to God, "Don't simply condemn me-
tell me the charge you are bringing against me. What do you gain by
oppressing me? Why do you reject me, the work of your own hands, while
smiling on the schemes of the wicked? Are your eyes like those of a
human? Do you see things only as people see them? Is your lifetime only
as long as ours?" Here we see human reasoning, not seeing beyond
our present day testing, trials and tribulations. Have you ever heard
similar words flow from your own holy lips? Yet God had great
confidence in Job's righteous living, God, Who is a God of faith. We
know the previous conversations between the enemy and the Lord, on
behalf of Job. Job 1:6-12; "One day the members
of the heavenly court came to present themselves before the Lord, and
the accuser, Satan, came with them. "Where have you come from?" the
Lord asked Satan. Satan answered the Lord, "I have been patrolling the
earth, watching everything that's going on. "Then the Lord asked Satan,
"Have you noticed my servant Job? He is the finest man in all the earth. He is blameless- a man of complete integrity. He fears God and stays away from evil. "Satan replied to the Lord, "Yes, but Job has good reason to fear God.
You have always put a wall of protection around him and his home and
his property. You have made him prosper in everything he does. Look how rich he is! But reach out and take everything he has, and he will surely curse
you to your face!" "All right you may test him,"the Lord said to
Satan. "Do whatever you want with everything he possesses, but don't
harm him physically." So Satan left the Lord's presence." Can God say of you the same that He said of Job, the finest man in all
the earth, blameless and a man of complete integrity and one who stays
away from evil and fears God. As Job went through his transitioning, he
complained to God, tried to reason out why he was going through it,
felt rejected, hurt, misunderstood and every imaginable emotion. God
knew the heart of Job, even through this. God searches the heart and examines and tries the mind [secret motives]; (Jeremiah 17:10) He
saw the heart of Job and knew that Job's trust was in Him. Now, I'm not
giving you liberty to complain against God because you are going
through an uncomfortable transition. All I am saying that if you really
love God, then there is nothing that will separate you from His love.
Love Him, the same way you have done when you were on top! Don't allow
things or even difficult people to sway your love life with God. Romans 8:35&37 "Can anything ever separate us from the love of Christ?
Does it mean He no longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity, or
are persecuted, or hungry, or destitute, or in danger, or threatened
with death?…… No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is
ours through Christ, who loved us."
10:1-5; "I am disgusted with my life. Let me complain freely. My
bitter soul must complain. I will say to God, "Don't simply condemn me-
tell me the charge you are bringing against me. What do you gain by
oppressing me? Why do you reject me, the work of your own hands, while
smiling on the schemes of the wicked? Are your eyes like those of a
human? Do you see things only as people see them? Is your lifetime only
as long as ours?" Here we see human reasoning, not seeing beyond
our present day testing, trials and tribulations. Have you ever heard
similar words flow from your own holy lips? Yet God had great
confidence in Job's righteous living, God, Who is a God of faith. We
know the previous conversations between the enemy and the Lord, on
behalf of Job. Job 1:6-12; "One day the members
of the heavenly court came to present themselves before the Lord, and
the accuser, Satan, came with them. "Where have you come from?" the
Lord asked Satan. Satan answered the Lord, "I have been patrolling the
earth, watching everything that's going on. "Then the Lord asked Satan,
"Have you noticed my servant Job? He is the finest man in all the earth. He is blameless- a man of complete integrity. He fears God and stays away from evil. "Satan replied to the Lord, "Yes, but Job has good reason to fear God.
You have always put a wall of protection around him and his home and
his property. You have made him prosper in everything he does. Look how rich he is! But reach out and take everything he has, and he will surely curse
you to your face!" "All right you may test him,"the Lord said to
Satan. "Do whatever you want with everything he possesses, but don't
harm him physically." So Satan left the Lord's presence." Can God say of you the same that He said of Job, the finest man in all
the earth, blameless and a man of complete integrity and one who stays
away from evil and fears God. As Job went through his transitioning, he
complained to God, tried to reason out why he was going through it,
felt rejected, hurt, misunderstood and every imaginable emotion. God
knew the heart of Job, even through this. God searches the heart and examines and tries the mind [secret motives]; (Jeremiah 17:10) He
saw the heart of Job and knew that Job's trust was in Him. Now, I'm not
giving you liberty to complain against God because you are going
through an uncomfortable transition. All I am saying that if you really
love God, then there is nothing that will separate you from His love.
Love Him, the same way you have done when you were on top! Don't allow
things or even difficult people to sway your love life with God. Romans 8:35&37 "Can anything ever separate us from the love of Christ?
Does it mean He no longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity, or
are persecuted, or hungry, or destitute, or in danger, or threatened
with death?…… No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is
ours through Christ, who loved us."
We have so much that we can place in our
arsenal of weapons to fight Satan, and keep our eyes on God. There is
no way that we can know exactly how and when God is going to deliver
us, but always know that He will. All of our questioning will be
answered the same way that God answered Job, listen…
"Then the Lord answered Job from the whirlwind: "Who is this that
questions my wisdom with such ignorant words? Brace yourself like a man
because I have some questions for you, and you must answer them. "Where
were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell me, if you know
so much. Who determined its dimensions and stretched out the surveying
line? What supports its foundations, and who laid its cornerstone as
the morning stars sang together and all the angels shouted for joy?" (Job 38:1-7)
arsenal of weapons to fight Satan, and keep our eyes on God. There is
no way that we can know exactly how and when God is going to deliver
us, but always know that He will. All of our questioning will be
answered the same way that God answered Job, listen…
"Then the Lord answered Job from the whirlwind: "Who is this that
questions my wisdom with such ignorant words? Brace yourself like a man
because I have some questions for you, and you must answer them. "Where
were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell me, if you know
so much. Who determined its dimensions and stretched out the surveying
line? What supports its foundations, and who laid its cornerstone as
the morning stars sang together and all the angels shouted for joy?" (Job 38:1-7)
God went on asking Job questions to which he
had no answer, yet God knows all things. It is from this humble place
of being man, where our knowledge is limited that we must learn to trust God,
Who is limitless in knowledge, power and His presence. This is where
our simple faith must trust that God knows how to get us through our
transition safely. Listen again to Job's reply in the end of his
transition….."Then Job replied to the
Lord: "I know that you can do anything, and no one can stop you. You
asked, 'Who is this that questions My wisdom with such ignorance?' It
is I- and I was talking about things that I knew nothing about, things far to wonderful for me." (Job 42:1-3) Job repented.
had no answer, yet God knows all things. It is from this humble place
of being man, where our knowledge is limited that we must learn to trust God,
Who is limitless in knowledge, power and His presence. This is where
our simple faith must trust that God knows how to get us through our
transition safely. Listen again to Job's reply in the end of his
transition….."Then Job replied to the
Lord: "I know that you can do anything, and no one can stop you. You
asked, 'Who is this that questions My wisdom with such ignorance?' It
is I- and I was talking about things that I knew nothing about, things far to wonderful for me." (Job 42:1-3) Job repented.
I will not try and minimize your place of
transition, but I will say what God says, for this is part of a walk of
faith. We can not always see everything right before us, for then we
wouldn't need faith. We would know already. There is something that we
know, and that is that God is the same, yesterday, today and forever,
He changes not. "For our present troubles
are small and won't last very long. Yet they produce for us a glory
that vastly outweighs them and will last forever."(II Corin.4:17)
transition, but I will say what God says, for this is part of a walk of
faith. We can not always see everything right before us, for then we
wouldn't need faith. We would know already. There is something that we
know, and that is that God is the same, yesterday, today and forever,
He changes not. "For our present troubles
are small and won't last very long. Yet they produce for us a glory
that vastly outweighs them and will last forever."(II Corin.4:17)
You know how the book of Job's transition ends, its good right!
"When Job prayed for his friends, the Lord restored his fortunes. In
fact, the Lord gave him twice as much as before!"(Job 42:10) That's
the kind of ending He has planned for you. So, just keep loving God for
He is good all the time, even the times you can't see! No matter how
small or how great the troubles, the Lord will deliver you out of them
all!
"When Job prayed for his friends, the Lord restored his fortunes. In
fact, the Lord gave him twice as much as before!"(Job 42:10) That's
the kind of ending He has planned for you. So, just keep loving God for
He is good all the time, even the times you can't see! No matter how
small or how great the troubles, the Lord will deliver you out of them
all!
Love,
Pastor D.
Daughters of Z 
God is so on time and so is Pastor D. I love this I can see me doing the same thing as Job and God coming down and wrapping his arms around me and saying, yes silly girl I hear you arguing with me and I hear you repenting, now pick yourself and get back in there (with a swift kick in the butt). I love how he talks to us.
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Thank God for His mercy!! And for always showing us the nature of humans. God already knew what Job was going to do and say, but He told the devil that Job was blameless. God had faith in Job and in us. So, we need to have faith in God too. This was a blessing to me. Thanks!
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