God, Job, and me ~Part 3~

So, I know it has been a while--sorry about that, but life has been crazy with preparing for Tori to come home and her finally coming back! :)  And incase any of you were wondering... Yes, we are so happy she is home and having a wonderful time with her back in the house after six months without her.  :)

I'm still treking through wonderful Job and as a result we are now on part three.  :)

`Job 19:25
As for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last He will take His stand on the earth.

Job knows God as his Reedemer.  I love this name for God because without Him we are nothing.  He yanked us out of the darkest, deepest night and brought us into His presence and gave us fullness of joy.  Without Him we would still be worshiping our sinful selves.
Redeemer--someone who redeems or buys back.
I love this definition.  Christ bought us back.  He paid the highest price!  How awesome and we should live every day telling ourselves that our Redeemer LIVES!  And one day He will come back and take His stand on earth.  What an awesome day that will be.  :)  Nothing can twart God's plan... not today or for the rest of eternity.

`Job 22:25-27
Then the Almighty will be your gold and choice silver to you. For then you will delight in the Almighty and lift up your face to God.  You will pray to Him, and He will hear you; and you will pay your vows.

So in context Jobs friend is telling him that if Job would just turn from his sin and repent then God would be his Most High again.  So, I like this verse, no because it is something the applied to Job, but because if applies to each and every one of us.  We need to turn from our sin... that sin you commit every day and never think twice about.  Ask God to reveal your heart to yourself and turn from all that your evil heart desires.  And once we turn from ourselves, toward God, we will no longer strive for earthly things, but God will be our gold and choice silver, we will delight in Him and not man, and we will turn to Him in time of need.  The Almighty should be our choice... over all gold and silver this world has to offer.  We should continually be delighting in Him above all else.  We should be lifting our faces up to Him minute by minute--telling Him of our fears and joys, and thanking Him for all His many blessings He has poured out on us.  And we should be keeping short accounts of sin, so as not to have our prayers go unheard.

`Job 23:10
But He knows the way I take; when He has tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

Love this verse!  I love how Job, in the middle of everything, stops and reminds himself that God knows all that is going on.  He not only knows Jobs path... He made the path especially for Job.  And through all that is going on God is refining him.  We should take Jobs example to heart and remind ourselves in the midst of hard times, in the midst of confusing times, and in the midst of joyous times that God is good and He has written our path.  Everything that He is doing is making us look more like Him and we should rejoice in that.  This is great encouragement for the weary soul.  :)

~Praying that God is honored and worshiped more.