How you doin? It's here. We will pick Doug up in Philly today at 4:30. I hardly slept at all last night. We did go to the prayer meeting last night in an attempt to receive grace for both Stacey's healing and mine. We often find ourselves staying away from the important things like prayer meetings, Bible study, prayer, and devotional time when life turns up the heat or volume. We don't do it on purpose we just tend to fall back on human/natural resources instead of relying on the One that sustains us, protects us, nurtures us, and brings us to the place that stirs the hornets nest. It's silly to be led to a place that puts us on Satan's radar and then leave the refuge of the One who brought us there. It's only in His refuge that Satan has NO affect.
I haven't been talking much about our morning reading. I have been reading the Bible a lot. Stacey and I have stayed with our chronological Bible. We're still in Job. Apparently not all chronological Bible's are in the same order. Not even one's from the same translation. Very interesting if you ask me. We tend to read the Bible as a story and ask the Holy Ghost to open our minds and hearts to receive the message that He has for us in each reading. So it doesn't really matter about translation differences. The Scriptures are inspired by the Holy Ghost and the truth of the Scriptures are revealed by the Holy Ghost. So it all works for good. Job 13 today.
What has stood out the most in this story so far is that Job and his friends are letting life's circumstances speak louder then God's truth. They are also blaming or giving God credit for Satan's affliction. God allows this to go on because He knows who He has in Job. Meaning, He knows that Job will stand his ground through this temptation to turn away from God. In today's reading Job stands on his righteousness and defends himself to one the friends. Verses 1-2, “Behold, my eye has seen all this,
Job and his friends don't have the same benefit of knowing that God and Satan dialoged about this entire thing in heaven. They don't know anything about spiritual warfare. Verses 3-5, “But I would speak to [a]the Almighty,
Job and his friends don't have the same benefit of knowing that God and Satan dialoged about this entire thing in heaven. They don't know anything about spiritual warfare. Verses 3-5, “But I would speak to [a]the Almighty,
OUCH!!!!! This continues on for a few more verses and then Job goes back to giving God credit for Satan's stuff. God refers to Job as "upright", "righteous", and that he turns from evil. I pointed out in earlier emails that Job and his boys are seriously rebuked and corrected by God. Job repents and is reconciled with God. I think that all this goes on because they don't have Jesus to reconcile them to God. Praise Jesus that He reconciled us to God. Praise the Holy Ghost that we have Him to teach us. Praise God for His love. Stand in/on your righteousness in Christ today.
PS On our way home last night we had a miracle happen. This car came rippin out of one of the campgrounds and never stopped. They came so close to t-boning use that I braced for impact. I have NO IDEA how they didn't nail us. Praise God!!!!!!! I looked back and their car's headlights were directed toward the woods. They made the hardest right I've ever seen. I thank God that He's so willing to prove to me that He's "got me".
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