My Eyes Have Seen

My ears had heard of you before, but now my eyes have seen you. -Job 42:5

If you underline any passage in the book of Job, underline this one: "I had heard about you before, but now I have seen you."

Job sees God - and that is enough.

Something tells me that Job would do it all again, if that's what it took to hear God's voice and stand in the Presence. Even if God left him with his bedsores and bills, Job would do it again.

For God gave Job more than Job ever dreamed. God gave Job Himself.

-From In the Eye of the Storm by Max Lucado; part of The Inspirational Study Bible: New Century Version by Max Lucado

Job humbled himself before the Lord and acknowledged His power and justice in executing His plans. . . He realized that whatever God does is right, and man must accept it by faith.

Until now, Job's knowledge of God had been indirect and impersonal; but that was changed. Job had met God personally and seen himself to be but "dust and ashes".

Suffering in the will of God is a ministry that God gives to a chosen few.

This chapter assures us that, no matter what happens to us, God always writes the last chapter. Therefore, we don't have to be afraid. We can trust God to do what is right, no matter how painful our situation might be.

(Job's) greatest blessing was knowing God better and understanding His working in a deeper way.

No matter what God permits to come into our lives, He always has His "afterword". He writes the last chapter - and that makes it worth it all.

Therefore. BE PATIENT!

-The Wiersbe Bible Commentary, the Complete Old Testament; Warren Weirsbe

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