I
know that my Redeemer lives,
and
that in the end he will stand upon the earth.
And
after my skin has been destroyed,
yet
in my flesh I will see God.
I
myself will see him
with
my own eyes—I, and not another.
How
my heart yearns within me!
Job 19:25-27 NIV
Job certainly needed a redeemer; a
deliverer. After the loss of his children, cattle, possessions, you might
wonder why his faith in God remained strong. Unaware of the conversation in
heaven between satan and God, Job must have thought that God had brought all
these disasters into his life. Yet right in the middle of his loss and
heartache, Job gave a remarkable response to his friend’s accusations inferring
Job’s troubles were brought on because of his sin.
When I get to heaven, I want to see the
replay of Bildad’s face as Job looked him in the eye and stated emphatically, I
know that my Redeemer lives! I know that in the end He will stand upon the
earth! I know that when I die, I will see God! I will see Him with my own eyes!
Then Job confirmed to Bildad what you and I surely feel from time to time—“How
my heart yearns within me!”
Does your heart yearn to see God—to bow
before Him and cry Holy, Holy, Holy? Are there days when you long to sit at the
feet of Jesus—to be in His presence and bask in the warmth of seeing Him with your
eyes and not your heart only? Do you long for the day when God becomes sight—not
with spiritual eyes alone but with physical eyes?
Do you sometimes feel you stand at the portal
of the reality of the spiritual realm and are waiting for the breath of the
Holy Spirit to blow against your back gently moving you from this veiled world
of sin and into the presence of God? Just a breath away! That is the distance
between now and a face-to-face encounter with The Creator!
Tough times come and I might be tempted to
lose hope! Loss comes and I might be tempted to lose faith! Death comes and I
might be tempted to lose joy! Sorrow and heartache and hard times come to us
all, but there is no reason to despair. Why? Repeat after me—I know my Redeemer
lives!
One
day, I will see Him face to face! I know my Redeemer lives!
©
Joyce Powell
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