Scripture
“I heard about you from others; now I have seen you with my own eyes.”
Observation
Job realised that he thought he had all the wisdom, but on fact he had none. He had known about God from the testimony of others, but now he had a revelation of who God is.
The Lord rebuked Job's friends for their arrogance . The story finishes with a happy ending. All of Job's wealth is restored to him and he lives a long life with many descendants, He receives back double for all that was taken away from him.
Application
Job's problem was that he didn't know God. Despite all his righteousness, his good life and endless sacrifices, Job had not seen for himself who God is,
Relationship with God is at the heart of true faith. God has to be more than a theory. We can't live on somebody else's testimony of God.
Every person has to experience God for themselves. Every one of us has to have our own encounter with God, or else He remains a theory to us, somebody else's God.
Prayer
Lord give me a revelation of who you are. Keep me close to you. Let my relationship with yoube more real than any doctrine or theory about you. Amen.
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