Thanksgiving In All Circumstances

"Then Job arose and tore his rove and shaved his head
and fell on the ground and worshiped. And he said,
"Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked shall I return.
The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord."

Job 1:20-21

I indeed desire that type of faith Job had from the beginning of this book. Yet when I heard recently that there is a process of sanctification we must go through in Christ I found it quite interesting whilst reading this book. Job indeed was a man who was blameless as it starts out in the first chapter but when we go all the way towards the end of the story Job is recognized as "self-righteous" and "ignorant" to the things of God. He had this part of his life that needed sanctification by God's desire. In that moment, my desire to be as Job had changed. Not so much in regards to how Job's immediate reaction was, but Job's attitude of humility near the end once he was shown that he was indeed mere creation. Oh.. How I desire to be so loved as Job was. I desire so much to be the apple of God's eye so that He is so willing to love me even through all the devastation that derived from the revealing of Job's inadequacy... Truly so truly blessed be the name of the Lord who controls all and desires all to repentance who gave His one and only beautiful son Jesus for such wretched sinners as I..