Job 10:15 “If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction;”
Jeret Peterson won an Olympic silver medal in the Vancouver Winter Olympics. Having overcome much adversity on his way to the top of the Olympic skiing world, Peterson said in his podium speech, “There’s light at the end of the tunnel, and tonight mine was silver.” Sadly, Jeret Peterson took his own life this year because he no longer could see the light at the end of the tunnel.
Now, you might not be in as bad of shape as Jeret Peterson, but have you come to a point in life when you cannot see the light? The picture of darkness is one that Job was familiar with in chapter 10. It seemed to him that whether he did right or wrong the result was the same. He said, “I am full of confusion.” Have you ever felt that way, too? When Job could not see the light at the end of the tunnel, he said to God, “Therefore see thou mine affliction.”
Instead of looking to brighter circumstances or broader prospects, we ought to look to the Light of the World. With God at hand, in bright times or in dark times, you can always have the light you need. God sees when we do not. When we only see our problems, God sees us in our problems. When things fail and people leave, God sees us. God knows the beginning from the end, and He knows the future!
When Job could not see the light at the end of the tunnel, the Light of the World could see him. God knows you; He knows what is happening to you; and He is working all things for your good and His glory. When things seem to come at you from every direction and you do not understand or see any light, trust the Light who sees you!
Prayer Requests:
1. Services tonight in Harned, KY and Petersburg, IN
2. Recruiting of college summer staff this week
3. West Branch Men on the Move Conference this weekend in Fort Collins, CO