EPHESIANS 1:
15 Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints, 16 Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;
17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:
18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, 19 And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,
| DAY 11—Job’s fourth Confession of Faith: Trust no Matter What Happens—Job 13:15 |
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After I was baptized in the Holy Spirit my soul hungered after the Truth of His Word. I began listening on the radio to Jack Coe, a healing evangelist who spoke of things I had never heard. Oddly, the theme song with which he began his program came from Job 13:15—Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him...
One day I heard the announcement that Jack Coe had been taken to the hospital ill. In just a few days, they announced he had died. This was in 1957. His biographer wrote that if there was ...one common theme in his preaching, it was hope, for the common man who had none. His death came not long after Nate Saint, Jim Elliot and three other missionaries died in their attempt to take the Gospel to the Aucas Indians in Ecuador. These men blazed a trail of faith in which countless others have followed. I was one who followed—not into natural death, but with a hope that would not be demolished by trouble. Some die for the cause of Christ; some of us live. Job asked, where then is my hope—who can see any hope for me?—Job 17:15. (TNIV)
Many are living through dark trouble, and some are even perishing for the cause of Christ Jesus. In fact we are seeing it in record breaking numbers! But, their lives and their death are seeds of God’s Kingdom planted for those to follow. They point us to a hope that will not perish.
Romans 14:8—For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord’s.As a confession of his own faith,—Job said, Though he slay me, yet will I hope in him; I will surely defend my ways to his face.—Job 13:15. (TNIV) He meant, “Even if God kills me, I will keep my hope steadfast in Him.”
DEAR SAVIOR, I think I’m ready for whatever You want from me, but sometimes I’m not sure. I acknowledge that You redeemed me for your Own. And I want to come to the place where You hold the complete rights to all my life even if that means I might suffer or even die. Please put within me the wisdom and the grace to walk in the revelation of Your will. Let the hope you give me be an inspiration to others.
Our hope is in God.—Psalm 42:5; 42:11; 43:5
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