#allthingsmadenew

Over the years I’ve had some folks tell me that my life reminded them of Job.  I get what they’re trying to say, but honestly, the troubles I’ve faced and the losses I’ve had in no way compare.  I’ve been reading that book lately and feeling somewhat the agony of what he did.  And I can relate to the pains he expresses.  Somehow I can’t see the Father talking to the wicked one and saying...”Have you seen my servant Jon....”  I certainly ain’t no Job.

Other folks have told me that my life is like Joseph.  And I can relate to that on some level, ie what I wrote in my last missive.  Joseph had no control over some of the situations he encountered before he was made overseer of Egypt.  And the Father in His wisdom knew the ultimate plan He had in saving a nation through the things that Joseph went through.  I really don’t think it’s in the cards that my life is intended to save a whole people group.  I certainly ain’t no Joseph.

All that being said, there are several things that I’ve been pondering over the last few weeks.  I’m not into super spiritual applications or what I call “voodoo” charismania, but I do think that there is some relevance to times and seasons.  It’s been eight years since I was forced to divorce.  Eight in biblical terms is a sign of “New Beginnings”.  And I’m certainly entering into some new things for this season.  One would think that optimistically “new” would mean great and wonderful.  But that isn’t always the case.  Sometimes the new is scary.  Mostly because you don’t really know what the new will mean for your life.  And that’s where the element of faith comes in.  Faith in believing that the Creator has your best interests at heart.  I know that with my head, but right now I don’t know that with my heart.

The second thing I’m trying to grasp concerns the biblical concept that God actually indwells us by the Holy Spirit. I mean, if you truly believe that the moment you ask Him into your heart, He literally comes to live inside you than what impact should that have.  Could it be that this earthen vessel actually takes God into a room when I walk into a room?  I have to stretch my capacity to fully believe that.  If it’s true though?