I just love reading the Bible. I can read something a thousand times and then I'll read it and WHAM! God gives me a little nugget of truth that is so appropriate for what I need at that moment. Today that happened, it actually brought tears to my eyes.
I don't read Job much. It is rather depressing. But you know Job was an incredible man of faith. He got a little long winded and God corrected him, but aside from that his faith was amazing. He endured things that I cannot imagine and have no desire to endure, yet his faith in God remained. As my one of my favorite authors, Beth Moore, pointed out he didn't even have the Word of God to hold onto and to read over and over again the promises God makes to us.
Well in my little struggles that I'm having this quote from Job touched something deep inside me. I especially love verse 10. It is so wonderful to know when God seems so far away he knows exactly where I am and he is working on me. I hope it encourages someone else too.
Job 23:8-10 (New International Version)
8 "But if I go to the east, he is not there;if I go to the west, I do not find him.
9 When he is at work in the north, I do not see him;
when he turns to the south, I catch no glimpse of him.
10 But he knows the way that I take;
when he has tested me, I will come forth as gold.
