“I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear,
but now my eye sees You.”
JOB 42:5
The
testing of Job was a valid test, a crucial one, and a crucible through
which each Christian will be purged, sifted, and tried. To what end? It
is summed up in the words of Job himself as he neared the end of his
ordeal: “I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear: but now my eye
sees You.” BUT NOW! BUT NOW! BUT NOW! Before he heard about Him, but now
he sees Him, and falls to the ground. Before he worshipped Him having
heard, now he
worships having seen, and known.
I
believe that God set him up for such experiential knowledge by allowing
him to be subjected to the assaults of the devil, the harshness of his
environment, the misunderstanding of his friends, the loss of his family
and material possessions, and his physical infirmity. I submit that if
anyone desires to take up the
Cross and follow Christ, such testing is the only realistic expectation
His disciple can entertain.
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