a child of god
this is the way, run in it
Reading in Job again today; I'm in Chapters 29 - 31 this morning. And Job describes his life with God - he's looking back at the past, when God's blessing was so abundant on him. And this is how he describes it, in verses 26-25: "When God watched over me, when His lamp shone over my head and by His light I walked through darkness. When the friendship of God was over my tent, when the Almighty was yet with me..." I find that incredibly beautiful and moving. Notice the repetition of God covering Job, that He watched over him, that He shone his lamp over his head, that it was by God's light shining over him that he could walk through darkness, and how the friendship of God was over his tent. That description of God's loving care, His shepherding - looking after, providing for, guiding and giving direction - of God's friendship and companionship with Job, is one we could all long for and delight in. "When God watched over me, when His lamp shone over my head and by His light I walked through darkness. When the friendship of God was over my tent, when the Almighty was yet with me..." When we choose God and enter into a relationship with Him as His children through faith in Jesus, the Son of God, as our Savior - when we do that, God delights to hover over us, to watch over us, to shine His lamp over our head, to help us walk through darkness by His light, to know that His friendship covers our home, to know that the Almighty God, the only true and living God, is with us all the time. And nothing is impossible for Him. He is God. What does it mean for you and for me today to belong to Him. Where do we need His light to shine? What path are we currently walking with Him where we need to feel His hand holding ours? He is with us. We do not need to fear. His love, His perfect love, casts out fear, through the darkest valley, and in the midst of blessing and plenty. So I say,
"God watches over me, His lamp shines over my head and by His light I walk through darkness. The friendship of God is over my home, and the Almighty is with me." Because I belong to Him through Jesus. Praise Him!
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