I am deviating from Job today because I read this passage as part of my church’s at-home bible study program during the quarantine and I fell in love with this passage. In fact, I think it is my new favorite bible passage.
Here’s just a snippet, verses 8-10: “We are hard-pressed on every side, yet not crushed; we are perplexed, but not in despair, (9) persecuted, but not forsaken, struck down, but not destroyed, (10) always carrying about in the body of the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our own body.”
It’s not about me- it’s about HE who lives in me. God bends us until almost broken, to get us to the exact mold where we are relying entirely on Him and nothing else. For me, during this quarantine, it’s been my job. He’s been breaking me of my reliance on my job. I can no longer rely on my career to find fulfillment. I can no longer rely on anything, other than Jesus, to find fulfillment. It’s kind of like a giant fast- except we aren’t fasting from food, we are fasting from all the things that we found our identity in. So that we can throw away our old identities and be restored in Him.
4:14- “He who raised up the Lord Jesus will also raise us up with Jesus and will present us with you.”
How hopeful is that! The reminds me of a line from a song by Elevation Worship, “The resurrected king is resurrecting me.” Praise God!
Living Life with Jesus 