A sweet friend gave me a book written by Russell Kelfer, who was a friend of hers. It was a poem called WAIT. In it, he writes (as if God is speaking):
I could give all you seek
and pleased you would be.
You'd have what you want
but you wouldn't know me.
In a recent study of Job, I came away with the conclusion that God did much of what He did in Job's circumstances that Job would know Him. We knew from the 1st Chapter that God knew Job was "blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil..." so I believe it was not punishment that Job lost all that he lost. His faith did not waiver...but he in anguish had to be still and wait for God's nearness. That's what he really wanted and in the end he said: "My ears had heard of you but now my eyes have seen you". What a privilege that we can know God through a personal relationship with His Son (John 14:6-7)!
Will I wait patiently, in stillness, for the Lord to do His work in my life and will my lips praise Him as Job's did? God loves you and me fiercely and waits for our wholehearted devotion to Him. You will have a choice today of where you will spend your thoughts, time and resources...what will you choose?
For further study: Job 42:5, Psalm 40:1, Psalm 130:5, Proverbs 27:21, Isaiah 30:18, John 10:4, Romans 8:23-28, 2 Cor. 12:9, Philippians 3:8-11, 2 Peter 3:17-18.
Be blessed in your understanding of God's word.
Love,
Holly
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