“Look, God is all-powerful. Who is a teacher like him? No one can tell him what to do, or say to him, ‘You have done wrong.’ Instead,
glorify his mighty works, singing songs of praise.” Job 36:22-24 (NLT)
The Book of Job in the Bible is a book that seems to touch the heart of every human who has ever suffered physically, emotionally,
mentally, or spiritually. Job is suffering greatly, and his “friends” come sit with him. Yet, they are not really much help to Job.
As each one takes their turn to talk with Job, it doesn’t get better. However, there is the fourth friend, Elihu, who waits for his turn because
he was the youngest and wanted to wait until the other three older men had spoken first. He spoke truth, and God used Elihu to remind Job of who He really is.
When I was single and traveled a lot by bus and plane, I would meet people who said that they knew God at one time, but now they were not following Him wholeheartedly. One time, when I was on a bus, I sat near a young mom with a baby. We started to talk, and the conversation was leading towards God. She admitted that she wasn’t living for Him as she should. I began to tell her about who God is, about His character. As we neared our destination, before she got off the bus, she thanked me and admitted that she wanted to live for the Lord. I pray that she follows through on this.
There are times when the Lord uses us to remind those who used to follow Jesus closely, about who He is. As life happens, or trials come
our way, we too may lose sight of our Savior. Isn’t it good when the Lord uses someone to remind us about who He is?
– Myrna Kopf
Council Fire is a collaboration with Intertribal Life Ministries and Native Evangelical Fellowship of Canada.
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