Day 8


 

Today our reading was in Job, there was a verse in chapter 19:25 where Job says he knows that his Redeemer lives and will stand on this earth and that there would be a day that he would see God for himself.  After all that he has faced, and all the questions he had regarding the suffering he was experiencing, he knew he would see God for himself.    His so-called friends were accusatory toward him, it was brought out that maybe these so-called friends was kind of enjoying Jobs suffering.  Job corrected the accusations to the best of his ability.  

Job had questions regarding the why he was going through this suffering, he answered his friends who accused him of sinning and that this was just God being judging Job.  But I think of the depth of Jobs relationship with God, he had a relationship of depth prior to this happening.    He lived a blessed life.  His questions were not anger and accusing of God but really from a place of not understanding.  Yet, Job knew where his hope was placed, he knew one day he would truly see God face to face.  

I really don’t want to just live a surface relationship with HIM, nor do I want to be the type of friend that points a finger at the one that is suffering thinking I know the depth of what is happening.   I want to be able to sit with the person even in simple silence but being present.    I need to practice with Him, silence and listening.   I want depth with Him.

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