Job

I'm reading a book on Job and I find a striking story of loss and through all of the loss we find Job response.

Job 1:20-21 (The Message)

20 Job got to his feet, ripped his robe, shaved his head, then fell to the ground and worshiped:

21 Naked I came from my mother's womb,
naked I'll return to the womb of the earth.
God gives, God takes.
God's name be ever blessed.

I find this is a beautiful response. He strikes the truth and shows his true love for God.

All is God's anyways, it's all on loan, so if you will to take it all away, I trust you and love you God. Job is a man of heroic endurance.

I think when ever reading this story we have to remember the end of the story. That God has more to his plan than what it seems in the moment.

East is from the West

New Living Translation (2007) Psalm 103:12
He has removed our sins as far from us as the east is from the west.

It's funny how God works. I wonder how the author choose east and west, and not north and south. In a world that you believe is flat, there would be no difference. Yet us in the 21st century understand the world as round. So we can mark the distance between the south pole and the north but can you mark the distance from east to west.

I find God sometimes uses the subtle hints to show his power, his leading in peoples lives such as this author. It's like a treasure that is buried until we discover the truth but the world.

That reminds me of something I heard from someone I look up to. We live in a world that is a fine line.
We live in a world where it is possible to believe that there is no God, but it is impossible to do so.

This verse highlights that. It could be just chance that the author picked east and west.

God lead us to green pastures
God bless us with your presence
God help us shine for you
God protect us from all who oppose you

Born Again

It seems to me over and over again that Jesus is about rebirth.

John 3:5-7
5Jesus answered, "I tell you the truth, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit. 6Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit. 7You should not be surprised at my saying, 'You must be born again.'

Jesus calls us to give up our flesh. A rebirth from the old to the new. I dislike rebirth, it seems that I like the old familiar ways but everything I see in our world is about destruction and rebirth. It's written into every part of our lives.

Jesus I believes calls into all parts of our life wanting to create a new life. He wants to be so much more than just an addition to us humans. He wants to create new life a rebirth.

It seems that sometimes I would rather drag the whole world into how I believe the world should be rather than transform myself into what God calls me to be.