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show him much more than that. What he needed was to see God! He needed
a vision of the Lord.
KEY TO THE WHOLE BOOK

Do you see what God is doing? The whole book of Job is about seeing
God. It is about a vision of God, and anything in my life that hinders that
vision of God, God will blast! God will remove. Look at chapter 42. This
is your key to the whole book. Verse 5
“I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear; but now my eye sees
You.”
Did Job’s physical eye see God? No, his physical eye did not see God. He
is talking about the eye of faith. “I have heard of You by the hearing of
the ear; but now my eye sees You; therefore I retract, and I repent in
dust and ashes.” It took the whole book to get him to say that. I have
heard of Thee God, now I see Thee, therefore I repent.

How is a man going to repent? First he has to see God, then, he repents.
All of the beating, and stripping, and breaking happened so that he would
get a view of El Shaddai, the God who is more than enough. That he
would see Him, and by seeing Him have a corresponding view of himself.
See himself in the pure light of God and see his own self-righteousness.
He was not ready to say “I am vile, I am dirty, I am self-righteous”, until
he saw God.

BIBLE DOESN’T TEACH INTROSPECTION

Now this is the exact opposite of the psychologists today who talk about
self-examination. This idea of introspection. Look into your heart. Look
into your life. See your feelings. See your motives. That is against the
Bible. The Bible does not tell you to do that. The Bible says look to the
Lord, and then you will see your heart. Otherwise, you will get
discouraged. There is a cesspool down there. It is not pleasant at all to
look inside your heart. It frustrates. It drives people to buildings and
bridges.
David cried out in Psalm 139:22-23,
“Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my
thoughts: And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the
way everlasting”.
Let the Lord who is infinitely more wise and kind than you do the surgery.
The enemy will help you dig and find all kinds of stuff the Lord is not quite

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