Job 33

"God always answers, one way or another."
So how dare you haul him into court,
and then complain that he won't answer your charges?
God always answers, one way or another,
even when people don't recognize his presence.

In a dream for instance, a vision at night,
God opens their ears
and impresses them with warnings
To turn them back from something bad they're planning,
from some reckless choice.

God may get their attention through pain,
by throwing them on a bed of suffering.

But even then an angel could come,
a champion--there are thousands of them!--
to take up your cause.
Before you know it, you're healed,
the very picture of health!

Or you may fall on your knees and pray--to God's delight!
You'll see God's smile and celebrate,
finding yourself set right with God.
You'll sing God's praises to everyone you meet,
testifying, "I messed up my life--
and let me tell you, it wasn't worth it.
But God stepped in and saved me from certain death.
I'm alive again! Once more I see the light!

This is the way God works.
Over and over again
He pulls our souls back from certain destruction
so we'll see the light--and live in the light.


& this is the way God works.
and I've experienced it first hand. I am no longer satisfied being on the border line with God. In these past few months I have really been sitting and waiting on God. I got to the point of total frustration wondering why God wasn't giving me answers when I was finally at a place where I wanted to do something that was in his will. It was hard, and I didn't find my answer right away. I had to let go of sin and things that were not right in my life and I had to surrender them to God. I felt totally out of myself and at peace with him. Within a moment of prayer and scripture I felt whole again. I felt re-connected with him, and I felt pure. I was separated from that sin that wasn't allowing me to grow, that sin that was blocking me from everything that he was offering and showing me. Finally after I had surrendered was when I felt at ease with my decision. I know that something can be changed in an instant, but I also know that it can be mended back together. God can bring hardship, but he also brings the healing. Even when it seems like it may be over or that something is going to come to an end, God pieces it all back together.
I still doubt my decisions sometimes, but I have a set of peace in my heart & I hope it stays.

show me your Glory, Lord.
& I will be changed by the power
of your Love.
show me your glory.