Wednesday, July 30, 2008

"You are amazing God"

"Have you journeyed to the springs of the sea or walked in the recesses of the deep? Have the gates of death been shown to you? Have you seen the gates of the shadow of death? Have you comprehended the vast expanses of the earth? Tell me, if you know all this. Job 38:16-18

God has been showing me the last few days how amazing, big and powerful he really is and how my little mind can't even begin to comprehend it or understand it all.

Last night as I waited curled up on a couch at Starbucks for Happy to see her one more time before I left (Happy I'm not crying) I opened my Bible and picked up where I left off in Job. I usually just follow my plan and do 3-4 chapters a day which I had already done yesterday but I was intrigued and wanted to go on, so I sat in Starbucks and finished Job, so now I will spend the next few days meditating on it and rereading it, instead of reading it for the first time sense I went ahead in the reading plan.

Chapters 38-42 is probably for me one of the most beautiful parts of scripture. I was amazed as I read Gods response to Job, and as I read it I felt him gently whispering the same things in my ears...I have questioned Him a lot lately and what his plan is in a certain area of my life and wondering why he put something in my life if it would be so hard. His response to Job was what I needed to hear. How powerful his words were. If you are dealing with pride, questioning Gods direction in your life or something he has done, given you or taken from you read these chapters. It was so humbling, to read all the things that God does and oh how beautiful it was it brought tears to my eyes, and I keep wanting to reread it, I want to soak it all in, I want to feel it and taste it and see it. God is so amazing. This is the chapters that Chris Tomlin's song Indescribable comes from and man do those lyrics mean so much more now. God did so many things I will never do and could never do, if God did all that he can certainly take care of my life, so why do I question him so much, why do I try to control everything myself, oh that I could really trust Him with my whole self and life. He tells every lightening bolt where to go, he tells the ocean how far it can go, I can't even begin to fathom or explain much more how amazing it is...please go read it for yourself! And praise God who is sovereign over all things!

Then Job replied to the LORD : "I know that you can do all things; no plan of yours can be thwarted. Job 42:1-2 God has a plan and no matter what or who tries to stop that it cannot be stopped, praise God!


"Incomparable, unchangeable You see the depths of my heart and You love me the same You are amazing God!" Chris Tomlin Indescribable....how amazing is God, the God who created everything who tells lighting where to go, knows our hearts, our sin, our thoughts, our doubts but loves us anyway!

1 comment:

Kathryn said...

I am so sorry I did not get to reading this until just today! I love you Kelly. This journal you have posted I sure hope isn't your last! I can just hear your voice through your words, see you facial expressions and I thirst for more after each line!!! I love how God revealed these books of Job to you in your time questioning. He is amazing! And oh, my absolute favorite line is at the very end of this entry, where you say "Indescribable....how amazing is God, the God who created everything who tells lighting where to go, knows our hearts, our sin, our thoughts, our doubts but loves us anyway!" I like the lightening part :) It really paints an indescrible picture. Love you! Take care!