Patience

 Greetings to you all in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ,

     Job 19:225-27 says, “ For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth  And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:  Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me.”

     How much human suffering can you go through:  It is a question that I have asked myself these passed several months, as the foot increases in the amount of pain that it gives me.  It seems that there is a breaking point but each day just seems to be a tad worse than the one before.  When you think of suffering, you may naturally turn to Job who seems to have had he worse case scenario when he lost everything and ended up with boils all over his body trying to find comfort in a pile of ashes.  The comforting for us is that Job does find hope in the end but it is what he says in the midst of his troubles that seems to be the most rewarding.

     Most people have come to the conclusion that the Book of Job  was writtend before moses which would make it one of the old3ese Hebrew writings.  The above passage, is one that seems to fly out of the New Testament as Job makes the claim that he knnows that in the end, even though this body would be destroyed by  worms, he would st ail stand in a new body and see God.  He would be in God’s presence. He worshiped God even amidst all of the trials. Sure, he did wonder what was going on and questioned what he had done and finally God sits him down and speaks to him and tells him some of the mighty acts taht he has done.  So, what does that say for us in our own day of affliction?  It reminds us that thee is a light  at the end of the tunnel and that there is hope because God is always faithful.  God will never let you go through more than you can handle.  In the New Testament, we have such passages as John 14:1-6 where Jesus assures the disciples that  He will go away to prepare a palace for them in heaven.  He also assures them that He will come back to get them.  He will indeed prepare for us a wonderful, painless, eternal life simply by believing on Him.  Praise God today that Greateris He that is in us than He who is in the world.