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Job 23 has been a precious portion of Scripture to me for many years.
In trials and illness it has been a real comfort and source of strength.
When I have gotten to the point of fatigue and/or illness where I have felt
more human than saintly it has especially been a Balm of Gilead to my heart.
These last three years have been a time when the Lord has reminded me again
and again of the precious reality of all of Philippians 3:10, "That I may know
Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings,
being made conformable unto His death." This has been a time that the Lord has
used to do some teaching bring about some needed changes in my life. I have
not only experienced the preciousness of the Lord’s fellowship but also the
anxiety that Job had in chapter twenty-three.
"Then Job answered and said, even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke
is heavier than my groaning. Oh that I knew where I may find Him, that I might
come even to His seat! I would order my cause before Him, and fill my mouth
with arguments. I would know the words which He would answer me, and understand
what He would say unto me. Will He plead against me with His great power? No,
but He would put strength in me.......But He knoweth the way that I take: when
He hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold......For He performeth the thing
that is appointed for me: and many such things are with Him........For God maketh
my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me: Because I was not cut off from
the darkness, neither hath He covered the darkness from my face." (Job 23 in
part)
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