Given that about all I feel like doing right now is lying in my bed wishing God hadn’t allowed me to experience sickness, you won’t find a post from me today on Job 13-14.
Would anyone be so kind as to pick up my slack and post a few thoughts in comments?
It is a bit ironic that Job focuses so much on God’s sovereignty in allowing suffering, and I’ve been so fortunate as to get to experience a bit of that this week. I’m still working on trying to figure that “rejoicing in all things” attitude out. I just don’t feel very thankful tonight!
It’s a little humorous to me that you would be under the weather during this reading today…sorry! 🙂
As it says in
13:4b As physicians, you are worthless quacks.
I couldn’t help but chuckle as you have just been to the doctor and not feeling well…
Anyway, I won’t give your blog much justice, but I will attempt to post some insight as to what todays readings had for me.
First off Job stresses the idea of God being the Great Physician. As in, we are not capable to save ourselves. But only through the grace and mercy of God.
20 “O God, grant me these two things,
and then I will be able to face you.
21 Remove your heavy hand from me,
and don’t terrify me with your awesome presence.
Sometimes I feel like what Job is describing in this case. Why would God even acknowledge my presence? I am nothing but a vapor in the midst of eternity. A loser… In complete humbleness to God, and knowing the things that have occurred in my life, how can I even attempt to come into his presence?
He also is pleading for God to show him his sins. We should all want to know what our sins are, so that we can confess of them, and learn how to stay away from them in the future.
But, do we really want to know what our sins are? Or do we just want to pick out the ones that we think we can live without?
I just love the boldness of Job. It just really tells me how close his relationship is with God. He goes through the good and the bad and never waivers his relationship with Him. It’s almost an unconceivable concept for me, unfortunately.
13 “I wish you would hide me in the grave[a]
and forget me there until your anger has passed.
But mark your calendar to think of me again!
14 Can the dead live again?
If so, this would give me hope through all my years of struggle,
and I would eagerly await the release of death.
15 You would call and I would answer,
and you would yearn for me, your handiwork.
The plead of Hope and Love…
Hope that the Lord would invite us into His presence, and the love that ‘He would yearn for you’ and it would last for eternity. It reminds us that we should everyday be seeking renewal of the Holy Spirit and look to heaven as the only place for perfect happiness!
I hope you get to feeling better, John…
That is rather humorous, isn’t it?
I’m just hoping the physician I visited is guided by the Great Physician in their treatments, and is a little bit better than a worthless quack. 🙂