"...the God of the Old and New Testament asks for obedience and submission ... regardless of what that means for us. Leon pointed out in his devotions how the book of Job shows that we can follow God's will even if we lose everything and don't have a clue what's still in it for us.
God is God (Steven Curtis Chapman)
And the pain falls like a curtain
On the things I once called certain
And I have to say the words I fear the most
I just don’t know
And the questions without answers
Come and paralyze the dancer
So I stand here on the stage afraid to move
Afraid to fall, oh, but fall I must
On this truth that my life has been formed from the dust
(chorus)
God is God and I am not
I can only see a part of the picture He’s painting
God is God and I am man
So I’ll never understand it all
For only God is God
And the sky begins to thunder
And I’m filled with awe and wonder
‘Til the only burning question that remains
Is who am I
Can I form a single mountain
Take the stars in hand and count them
Can I even take a breath without God giving it to me
He is first and last before all that has been
Beyond all that will pass
[chorus]
Oh, how great are the riches of His wisdom and knowledge
How unsearchable for to Him and through Him and from Him are all things
So let us worship before the throne
Of the One who is worthy of worship alone
[chorus]
(was gonna post Job 38, 39, 40, 41 but decided it's too long for a blog post.)
We find out in the book of Daniel that we should obey God even if we don't know for sure if He'll rescue us from the fiery furnace (Daniel 3:16-18). And then we see in the story of Jesus, that we should submit our will even if our "soul is overwhelmed to the point of death" (Matthew 26:36-42)."
("But What If Obeying God Isn't Practical"-Steve Watters, Jun 18 on http://www.boundlessline.org/2008/06/but-what-if-obe.html)
it's not about "what works" or whether obeying God is "practical" or not. God is GOD. When one has an inkling of what it means that God is GOD, and the slightest understanding of who we are in comparison to Him, one simply shuts up and let God be God. Just like Job.
"Brace yourself like a man;
I will question you,
and you shall answer me."
-Job 38:2
I will question you,
and you shall answer me."
-Job 38:2
God is God (Steven Curtis Chapman)
And the pain falls like a curtain
On the things I once called certain
And I have to say the words I fear the most
I just don’t know
And the questions without answers
Come and paralyze the dancer
So I stand here on the stage afraid to move
Afraid to fall, oh, but fall I must
On this truth that my life has been formed from the dust
(chorus)
God is God and I am not
I can only see a part of the picture He’s painting
God is God and I am man
So I’ll never understand it all
For only God is God
And the sky begins to thunder
And I’m filled with awe and wonder
‘Til the only burning question that remains
Is who am I
Can I form a single mountain
Take the stars in hand and count them
Can I even take a breath without God giving it to me
He is first and last before all that has been
Beyond all that will pass
[chorus]
Oh, how great are the riches of His wisdom and knowledge
How unsearchable for to Him and through Him and from Him are all things
So let us worship before the throne
Of the One who is worthy of worship alone
[chorus]
(was gonna post Job 38, 39, 40, 41 but decided it's too long for a blog post.)
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