“God Is Amazing”
By Rev. Everett R. Kimble, Sr.
Job 42:1-6 (NLT) – Then Job replied to the Lord: “I know that you can do anything, and no one can stop you. You asked, ‘Who is this that questions my wisdom with such ignorance?’ It is I—and I was talking about things I knew nothing about, things far too wonderful for me. You said, ‘Listen and I will speak! I have some questions for you, and you must answer them.’ I had only heard about you before, but now I have seen you with my own eyes. I take back everything I said, and I sit in dust and ashes to show my repentance.”
Job endured tremendous suffering. He literally lost everything. His beloved children gone. Great wealth, gone. Many of those he thought were his friends, all gone. Health, strength, and even his royal demeanor gone. In what was a very short span, he went from greatness to gruesome, and understandably he struggled to understand why. But instead of whining to people, he decided to sit and wait and talk to God, and right there amid his brokenness and talking to the Father Job realized that God was still amazing.
Unlike the immense trials of Job, but like many of you, I have had my struggles. I’ve lost loved ones, both family and friends. I have endured the hardships of losing money and things. I know what it feels like to have folk turn their backs on me because they didn’t want to be associated with someone they perceived to be less than. I understand the hurt of almost reaching the top only to be knocked back down to start all over again. I have had enough trials, pains, hardships, and disappointments to last me a lifetime, and if I paused for a moment and really thought about it, I could spend all day crying. But when I considered how I made it and who bought me over, I realized the same thing Job did. God is still amazing.
As I encourage myself this morning, I hope that I can encourage you with the fact that God is still amazing. He is amazing because every time I thought the world had gotten the best of me, He bought out the best in me. When I cried to the point where I didn’t have tears left, I realized that God had been there wiping my eyes all along. In moments where I thought that if one more thing happened, I would curse God and die, I found out that He had been blocking that one thing from breaking me all along. So today, because of Him, I am safe, healed, whole, and delivered. God is still amazing.
So, wherever you are and whatever you are going through, take a moment to talk with God and then listen to Him as He ministers to your soul. He knows what you need and He is amazing.
Have a beautiful, bountiful, and blessed Friday.
