I’m home. I got in yesterday at 7:30am and spent a great day with my family. Today is a family day too. Next week I will get back in the saddle with everything, and part of that will include some blogging about what I learned on my trip. If you want to see the pictures from each day you can click here. But, for today, here is a thought that really struck me out of the Word today.

In Job 20:22 Zophar, Job’s friend, is speaking of the wicked and says,

In the fullness of his sufficiency he will be in distress, the hand of everyone in misery will come against him.

How true. When we are fully sufficient, when we have it all under control, when we have erected our perfect little world all by ourselves, that is the time that we are truly in distress, usually without even knowing it.

That verse can also be translated as “In the accomplishment of his sufficiency…” The problem is, of course, that we can’t accomplish that. We can’t fill ourselves up. We can work out every detail of every moment of every day. We have to rely on God for everything, realizing how little control we really do have, and handing over the reins of our lives to Him.

One thing that I learned in my travels to Israel is this; God is much larger and more majestic than my mind can come close to conceiving. Therefore, I must place my trust more and more in Him every moment of every day, giving up all that I am, to become more like Him.

1. alece Says:
   June 2nd, 2008 at 6:36 pm

   mmm… great thoughts!