He alone is all we need

The Book of Job is one of my favorite passages in the Bible…however, that wasn't always the case.

I mean…who wants to read doom and gloom, heartache and despair, death and loss…and more…loss?

Really now. What was God thinking it when He included Job in the canon of Scripture? Not a big selling point or PR move on His part!

The “Job for Dummies” is this: Satan accuses the Lord of protecting Job and gains the Lord’s permission to “test” this man. Job loses children, possessions, the respect of his wife and friends and finally, he has catastrophic health issues. Think worst case scenario a hundred times over.

There are literally thirty-seven (yes! thirty-seven!) chapters of anger, arguing, accusing, defending, whining (and yes…Job had plenty to whine about!), denial, and self-righteousness.

Then the Lord shows up.

That’s it…God Himself shows up…He asks a few questions…and Job comes to the one only conclusion that a person can come to: God is the only thing that matters…He is …the bottom line…to everything.

"I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear, But now my eye sees You.”
Job 42:5 

We just desperately need to…see Him…too. I don’t know what you are facing, but HE is the answer…no, not so much what He can do for you (or I), but…HE…alone…is all that we need. Enough said.

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