Another thought...

Here's another excerpt from a favorite post:

"Job deals with this in chapter 23, verse 9.

In the midst of everything that happens to him, he admits:

When he is at work in the north, I do not see him; when he turns to the south, I catch no glimpse of him.

I like that. I like that Job admits that he doesn't see God right now. Sometimes people try to make you feel guilty that you don't "feel led" in a certain direction by God. That despite trying your best, in the north and the south you catch no glimpse of God and that is a failure. But Job knows it's not about that. Job knows that our ability to see God is not the litmus test to prove if God is there or not. In verse 10 he says,

But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I will come forth as gold.

God sees me. When I am filthy and covered with bad life decisions, He sees me. When I have dug deep pits and have stayed there so long that they have started rerouting my mail to the pit, He sees me. When I succeed and celebrate, He sees me. When I am good or bad or stuck believing that life is about being good or bad, He sees me.

And even if I don't see him, that doesn't mean He is gone. He is in the north. He is in the south. And at some point, I will come forth as gold."

What a great God we serve. Have a great day...