THOUGH HE SLAY ME

Job 13:15-18
15 " Though He slay me, I will hope in Him.
Nevertheless I will argue my ways before Him.
16 "This also will be my salvation,
For a godless man may not come before His presence.
17 "Listen carefully to my speech,
And let my declaration fill your ears.
18 "Behold now, I have prepared my case;
I know that I will be vindicated. NASU
** I’ve always quoted this phrase… “though He slay me, I will still serve Him.” But I’ve never really looked at the rest of the verse or the verses after it until now…… Wow! Job says in the same sentence… “Nevertheless I will argue my ways before Him.” Job knew his relationship with God would carry him thru this trial he was going through. How do we know? Look at verse 16… “This also WILL BE MY SALVATION for a godless man may not come before His presence.” In other words, “I will have salvation thru this because I am a godly man and I can and will come before His presence.” Wow! And if that isn’t enough, he finishes up in verses 17 and 18 “listen carefully to my speech (in order for Job to speak like this, he had to be convinced that what he believed was going to happen) and let my declaration fill your ears. V.18 “I KNOW I WILL BE VINDICATED.” I can’t tell you how much this reading has meant to me today…. It makes me remind myself of what I know to be true (God’s word) and walk past all the garbage that is cluttering my path (king county officials, whiners, doubters and people who don’t have the vision I have for this city) and set my face to please God and make my request known to Him.
Thanks Jesus, You’re enough!