Good morning,
Wow, what an email on Job! It really went in what you said about Job having a clear conscience before God. I tried to imagine God putting even some of Job’s sufferings on me, and I would have to have a clear conscience before God or I would think I was hated by Him. The accusations alone left me praying for a heart like Job.
I read in Joshua this morning also. In chapter 3, verse 7, God tells Joshua that He will magnify him in front of Israel so they will know He is with him: “And Jehovah said to Joshua, ‘This day I will begin to magnify you in the sight of all Israel so that they will know that just as I was with Moses, I am with you.’”
Then, in verses 15-17, God stops the waters of the Jordan and they all crossed over on dry ground. It tells us that the Jordan overflows all of its banks at harvest time, so it would be unnatural for the waters to stop and back up leaving them on dry ground. And I thought about how when Jesus first touches us, the unnatural often occurs to show us he is with us.
For me, I can’t remember a time I wasn’t a liar; I became a liar at a very early age, and one of the first things Jesus did was make me honest. I remember realizing he was doing it and feeling overwhelmed because I could not do it. I knew he was with me. It was the same for many things in my life that I could not change, but Jesus did it! I thought of how my family must have felt, seeing all of the changes taking place. Of course, they thought I was crazy; it was unnatural for me to be honest, or sober, or HAPPY and gushing over God’s Son. It touched me, reading those things about Job this morning and feeling that swell up in me, realizing God IS the same. He is still letting us and the world know He is with us!
I can see why the angels stand and watch the face of God for the good of God’s “little ones”. What a precious and tender time it is, when God is showing a new heart He is with them!
Beth D.