In our lives there will be times in life when we will be standing on the precipice life’s trials. Often the distance between victory and defeat will be the very slimmest of margins. In those moments we need God along our side guiding our every step. By passionately studying we learn that the God of the Old Testament, which I previously believed to be harsh, to be one of great love and compassion. As tribulations reign down in our lives in ever cascading waves of terror we are forced to our knees in prayer to discover that the God we thought had forsaken us had never left our side. Just as the terrors fell on the fateful day of 9/11 so are our very lives, children, health, jobs, and marriages threatened as we strive to thrive in this world. By leaning on the very word of God through life’s fiery paths, we are able to gain the wisdom of the ages and needed strength to weather moments and seasons of life of excruciating pain. By studying Job’s life, we are able to discover how to overcome life’s obstacles discovering that God has made a path or our escape and via our salvation guaranteed our ultimate destiny and reward. There is a reason to anticipate unexpected success and to continue on in great faith irrespective of might befall us. Though we might all see ourselves as ordinary, God sees each and every one of us as anything but that. Each and every one of us is uniquely poised to overcome life with the power and majesty of our heavenly Father. Though we cannot choose our sufferings, we can choose the power of God in helping us overcome each and every trial.
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