“NO PURPOSE OF YOURS CAN BE THWARTED!”

Job 42:1-6                                            (ESV)
“1 Then Job answered the LORD and said:
2 "I KNOW THAT YOU CAN DO ALL THINGS, and that “NO PURPOSE OF YOURS CAN BE THWARTED”.
3 'WHO is this that hides counsel without knowledge?' Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand, THINGS TOO WONDERFUL FOR ME, which I did not know.
4 'Hear, and I will speak; I will question YOU, and YOU make it known to me.'
5 I had heard of YOU by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees YOU;
6 therefore I despise myself, and repent in dust and ashes."”

THINGS........in life seem to always be convoluted, in disarray, almost out of control, and problematic.  We get through one issue and another one will pop up that is seemingly more tragic.  Sickness, finances, business deals with twists, political issues, everything that can go wrong seems to be happening with no time to catch our breath, so to speak.

From the first chapter of Job through the last chapter, a common thread is that Job knows that ALMIGHTY GOD is in control!  In this last chapter, Job writes “Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand, THINGS TOO WONDERFUL FOR ME, which I did not know.”  How many times have I grumbled to GOD about the circumstances I found myself in without understanding that HE uses my difficulties for HIS GLORY?  A friend used to say “GOD is still GOD, even in tough times”!  My finite mind doesn’t have to comprehend the ends to justify a journey.  I simply must TRUST IN GOD to deliver me to the other side!

One commentary on Job says “he abhorred himself as a sinner in heart and life, especially for murmuring against God, and took shame to himself. When the UNDERSTANDING IS ENLIGHTENED by the SPIRIT of grace, our knowledge of Divine things as far exceeds WHAT WE HAD BEFORE, as the sight of the eyes excels report and common fame. By the teachings of men, GOD REVEALS HIS SON to us; but by the teachings of HIS SPIRIT HE REVEALS HIS SON in us, Galatians 1:16, and changes us into the same image!” Just because we cannot SEE and UNDERSTAND how HE IS IN CONTROL, doesn’t mean that HE IS NOT IN CONTROL!!!

Getting caught up in the turmoil that “this world” is continually using to distract us is blatantly against TRUSTING IN GOD.  “NO PURPOSE OF YOURS CAN BE THWARTED” isn’t just a catchy phrase to mask fear, it is a way of LIFE that we who are IN CHRIST should display to a lost world.  “The enemy” has one main objective, to make us think that GOD IS NOT IN CONTROL.  We should revel in the fact that “NO PURPOSE OF YOURS CAN BE THWARTED” and follow HIS lead wherever HE directs!!!