I wanted to reread Old Testament books and stories, because in my life the Psalms, Proverbs, and New Testament are all I rely on. I have seen a lot of Christians be changed, comforted, and more wise because of their knowledge of the old testament and the way God worked.
I picked up my Message bible to try to read the stories in more of a story format.
Thought I would just start with Job. So i started reading and dove in really quick, and now find that I can't get through it because these first couple chapters have ignited so many questions. So I thought I'd log them!
Reading Job 1-2 will clear your mental box that God is all loving and loves only through blessings. It's easy to think of God as love love love and forget about the just part, or the selfish part.
Job has an awesome life, and he is really close to God. Satan comes to God and says let me mess with Job, and God says: oh ok! Just don't kill him.
- My first thought/prayer right when i read that was WHAT how about ok God if you're going to take me through that, how about you let me also just die!
Job 5:8-11
8 “But if I were you, I would appeal to God;
I would lay my cause before him.
9 He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed,
miracles that cannot be counted.
10 He provides rain for the earth;
he sends water on the countryside.
11 The lowly he sets on high,
and those who mourn are lifted to safety.
My only question here is: Who is the "I"?
Reading this gave be such comfort. I love the idea of the rain taking care of the deepest root. It's a great picture of the way God brings lowly things to the top. God does this with me weekly. He has to constantly remind me of my value in Him, and that I am always enough. But I love that in this passage the person goes on to say that God loves those that mourn. We are supposed to cry out. We are supposed to recognize pain and discomfort, and we are supposed to tell God. We are to go straight to Him, the source, for our solution.
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