Job-like Faith

Job 14-16

I know normally I start off with what was Rhema to me, then I interpret it, Commit to it, and Exalt. This time, while reading Job 14-16, something hit me...Rhema of the character of Job. I've been reading Job for the past few days, and this man was in agony. Here is a man covered in sores, just lost his family, his servants, and his animals..crying out to God, "why?!?". As he is crying out to God, God doesn't answer him. Instead Job has 3 men giving him lengthy explanations as to why this is happening to him. They are almost convince Job has committed some sort of sin to bring this upon himself. However Job is "blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil" (Job 1:1 and Job 1:8). He committed to God wholeheartedly.

Yet here he was, feeling abandoned, confused, and heartache. What did Job do to deserve this? Job questions the reason behind his suffering, all awhile remaining faithful to God, not cursing His name, as Satan said he would in Job 1:11 and 2:5.

Reading his story bring me close to tears, I don't know what I would have done if I felt his pain, his agony, his confusion. It made me realize I need Job-like faith. I WANT to have Job-like faith. Job praised God in times of personal darkness. Through everything he went through his love for God, his fear of God, his faith in God never wavered.

Lord God,
First and foremost, thank You for sending Your son to earth to become that mediator, that arbitrator and connecting bridge between You and I. I also want to thank You for sending your Holy Spirit to us, so that we have a Comforter in times of personal darkness. Lord, I pray that continuously remind me of Job's faith. His faith was sooo strong, even when he was emotionally and physically weak. Teach me Lord to have that type of faith.

Amen

Why I sing

Someone asked the question
Why do we sing?
When we lift our hands to Jesus
What do we really mean?

Someone may be wondering
When we sing our song
At times we maybe crying.
And nothings even wrong

I sing because I'm happy
I sing because I'm free
His eye is on the sparrow
That's the reason why I sing

Glory
Hallelujah
You're the reason why I sing

Glory
Hallelujah
I give the praises to You

Glory
Hallelujah
You're the reason why I sing

And when the song is over
We've all said
Amen
In your heart just keep on singing
And the song will never end

And if somebody asks you
Was it just a show
Lift your hands and be a witness
And tell the whole world
No

And when we cross that river
To study war no more
We will sing our songs to Jesus
The one that we adore

Arbitrator

Job 6-9

Job 9:33

If only there were someone to arbitrate between us,
to lay his hand upon us both,

34 someone to remove God's rod from me,
so that his terror would frighten me no more.

35 Then I would speak up without fear of him,
but as it now stands with me, I cannot.

Job felt he was being punished by God and was seeking someone to arbitrate/mediate between him and God. He needed someone to bring lay a hand on him and God and bring them together. He knew that the mediator would be bale to remove God's rod from him, allowing him to speak to God freely.

Jesus is the Mediator. Jesus proved to be the Arbitrator by dying for us, renewing our fellowship with God. The relationship Adam and Eve had in the garden.

Lord Jesus,
By dying and resurrecting for us, you became the connecting bridge between us and God. Thank You for that. Job knew how much he needed an arbitrator, I pray that those that don't know it yet, soon learn that they need You to mend their relationship with God.

In Your gracious name,
Amen