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Job 9 [link]
Seriously. Just check out v. 32-35 and I think you'll agree.
Job speaks with utter wisdom and clarity throughout this entire chapter. He knows exactly where he is. We can't bring anything before God. We're not peers and we'll never be peers (on our own). We need someone to step in so we can "plead our case." We need someone who can be a peer to God in the courtroom, and the only person who can do that is Christ: God, Himself, made flesh.
Right or wrong, we can bring nothing before God. His ways are higher and perfect. Fighting it only brings scorn. Who's going to honestly believe Job if he says, "It's God's fault, not mine! I'm innocent!" The answer is no one, and we wouldn't either. If you ever try to "pin" something on God as if it was His fault... well, we should all know how that tends to work out.
I think in a sense the statement that "God saved us from Himself" is not so unfounded. I wouldn't throw it around flippantly, but it does have truth in it. There is nothing worse than God's wrath -- nothing which should be more frightening. Hell is scary and so bad precisely because it is a result of God's wrath. To say anything outside of God could be on the same level of "bad" as God is absolutely ridiculous. His punishment is the worst thing we could ever face... and guess what? We all chose it! X(
The only way for Job to stand before God, innocent or not, is to have an arbitrator. We all need Christ. We cannot do it on our own. We can't earn it, merit it, bribe our way through it, or put a deposit on it. It is Christ who is eternal life. Christ. We MUST have Him or we really have nothing.
Heavenly Father, thank You for Your Son! Jesus, thank You for enduring the scorn and scourge for my sins, my wife's sins, my parent's sins, my friends' sins, and my enemies' sins. Thank You for loving us to deeply and passionately that You provided Yourself to help us with the problem we had of what in the world we'd have to do when we see You on Judgment Day. Help us to remember and believe that without Christ we are and have nothing. He is what gives us value. He is who sustains us, loves us, never will leave us... if we will but trust, obey, and follow Him (and subsequently You, Lord). May the Holy Spirit illuminate us in the wisdom we need to follow after God and turn aside from that which seeks to ensnare and throw us off minute after minute. May the battle rage on, but may it not drag us under -- may we see the Light and hold fast to God, our amazing God. Abba, may we be able to accept the space to love more and more each day, sharing that love with You and others. May we grow into a likeness more and more as Your Son exhibited to us. May we glorify You in all that we do, and may we give everything we have to You, laying it at Your feet as a (hopefully) sweet smelling incense.
Amen.
Sitting back, I suppose
State: Good
So... seems thank you notes will finally be making it out here soon, only 4.5 weeks late or so. =P I guess that's okay? Apparently we get 6 weeks? Who knows these things!? Well, I'm glad Amy does. ;P
Life's still going fairly well. No job yet. Still looking around. Amy's doing fairly well, aside from tiredness and such in normal life.
Hmm... overall I'd enjoy being employed sooner than later. It's hard for me to sit around at home (well, not really), since I end up feeling like I'm attempting to refill a seriously empty tank. I end up using time less than effectively. I guess it really comes down to (as I discovered earlier) that this is a lot like being prepped for missions work. I'm forced to accept that I can't get myself out of the place I am right now. I have work to do, and I need to get it done. I'm still afloat and not going broke fast because my wife has employment for now. I'd best get on the stuff I need to be doing soon. Seriously. Super-seriously.
Still helping Amy learn to drive. She's progressing well. We introduced driving with more cars around today.
That's really about it for now. Other than having the best wife, there's not much more I have to say for this section.
God bless, all! |
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