I Never Knew That Before!

          Perhaps you once said, "I never knew that before."  I referred to my Father helping me make a simple compass not long ago, but that wasn't all he helped me with.  He once told me how to make a crystal radio with some simple things that we had lying around the house.  Every now and then, I would say, "Wow.  I never knew that."  Actually, there are a lot of things I don't know, probably more than I could ever come close to knowing. When you discover something that is new to you, you might exclaim as I have done so many times, "Wow.  I never knew that before."  You may also find that you can make that same reply when you are reading your Bible.  Job 19:25-27 says, " For I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last he will stand upon the earth.  And after my skin has been thus destroyed, yet in my flesh I shall see God,   whom I shall see for myself, and my eyes shall behold, and not another. My heart faints within me!"  
     Job wasn't alive when the Gospel of John was written.  He wasn't what we would call a New Testament character.  Job was old and was as probably all of you know, an Old Testament character.  Most feel that Job was before Moses.  What is so exciting about Job is the above comment and of course many other things in the Book that bears his name.  The words that he echos in the above verses tell us that He know that his Redeemer lives and that Job will see Him face to face.  Now, if we were thinking about a conversation that takes place after the resurrection, we would say, "Of course."  Job however is way before the resurrection but he had a great faith in God in that he knew he would stand before God someday.  We have countless people today that have a problem with their relationship with God.  Most don't even feel that they will ever be held accountable to God for what they have done in their lives.  Most of the world doesn't even come close to comparing to Job.  Yet, Job made this wonderful statement based upon his relationship with God.  It even gets greater as the Book of Job continues.  Soon, God is giving a lot of scientific facts to Job in the latter chapters.  It is there that I would have to say, "I never knew that."  Are you still amazed when God does something wonderful in your life?  Praise God today for His amazing acts in our lives.