Greetings Dear Reader,
Here Job answers the statement that the wicked never prosper
in a way that aligns with other warnings.
He is building on his premise that what is here is only temporary. He knows that God is moving. He agrees that God has a superior agenda to
that of his or his friends.
He sees the world as it is.
He sees that there are hard questions about pain and suffering that have
no comfortable answers. He also has the
only answer that works. He realizes that
not having faith is short sighted. If he
does not believe in the greater scheme of God then he fails to see entire
picture. He fails to embrace the only
thing that can truly see us through the terrors of life.
If Job can be so armed and engined in the midst of his loss
then how can I fail to do the same?
Should I accept the sunshine that God sends my way and not trust him in the
storm. It is all his. Everything I have, want, need, or dream is
God’s. I am entrusted with things by his
grace. I breathe at his behest. In him I live and move and have my being. Anything else is a delusion.
If I have faith; if I believe that this life is just a tick
of the eternal clock, then any pain or suffering is fleeting. The success of those who harm me is only
temporary. It may seem like horror in
the moment but that is why God wishes for me to see beyond the moment to the
larger picture.
Will I feel fear? Yes, but the fear is not to be in
charge. Will I feel pain? Yes, but the pain will pass one way or
another. God has promised to ease all
suffering, right all wrongs, and wipe away every tear. All I have to do is follow in faith. My grain of sand will fall through the pinch
in the hourglass and eventually they all will.
Then when time is full again the Father will signal the Son to make all
things right.
Wishing you joy in the journey,
Aramis Thorn
Mat 13:52 So Jesus said to them, "That is why every writer
who has become a disciple of Christ’s rule of the universe is like a home
owner. He liberally hands out new and old things from his great treasure
store."
Job 24:1-25
"Why doesn't the Almighty set
aside times for punishment? Why don't those who are close to him see his days
of judgment?
(2)
"People move boundary markers. They steal flocks and tend them as
shepherds. (3) They drive away the orphan's donkey. They
take the widow's ox as security for a loan.
(4) They force needy people off
the road. All the poor people of the country go into hiding. (5) Like
wild donkeys in the desert, poor people go out to do their work, looking for
food. The plains provide food for their children. (6)
They harvest animal food in the field to feed themselves. They pick the
leftover grapes in the wicked person's vineyard. (7) All
night they lie naked without a covering from the cold. (8)
They are drenched by the rainstorms in the mountains. They hug the rocks
because they can't find shelter.
(9)
"People snatch the nursing orphan from a breast and take a poor
woman's baby as security for a loan.
(10) that is why the poor go
around naked. They are hungry, yet they carry bundles of grain. (11)
They press out olive oil between rows of olive trees. They stomp on
grapes in wine vats, yet they are thirsty.
(12) Those dying in the city
groan. Wounded people cry for help, but God pays no attention to their
prayers.
(13) "Such people are among those who rebel
against the light. They are not acquainted with its ways. They do not stay on
its paths. (14) At dawn murderers rise; they kill the poor
and needy. At night they become thieves.
(15) Adulterers watch for
twilight. They say, 'No one is watching us,' as they cover their faces. (16)
In the dark, they break into houses, but by day they lock themselves in.
They do not even know the light, (17) because morning and deep darkness are the
same to them, because they are familiar with the terrors of deep darkness. (18)
Such people are like scum on the surface of the water. Their property is
cursed in the land. People do not travel the road that goes to their
vineyards. (19) Just as drought and heat steal water from
snow, so the grave steals people who sin.
(20) The womb forgets them. Worms
feast on them. No one remembers them anymore, and wickedness is snapped like a
twig. (21) These men take advantage of childless women.
These men show no kindness to widows.
(22) God will drag away these
mighty men by his power. These people may prosper, but they will never feel
secure about life. (23) God may let them feel confident and
self-reliant, but his eyes are on their ways.
(24) Such people may be
prosperous for a little while, but then they're gone. They are brought down low
and disappear like everything else. They wither like heads of grain.
(25) "If it isn't so, who can prove I'm a
liar and show that my words are worthless?"
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