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ready to deal with. “When you see Him, you will be like Him.” Did Job see
his self-righteousness? He sure did. But not, by discussions on human
depravity. Nobody sees their self-righteousness by discussing theology or by
psychological examination. Job saw his self-righteousness when he saw his
God. Now he says, “My eyes seeth Thee; therefore I repent.” And now I
see myself, but through Your eyes.

After he saw God, two things changed. He did not say I do not deserve this,
and he did not say God is my enemy. You see, after he saw the Lord he
realized that God was the best friend he ever had. God was the bridegroom
of his soul. God was the lover of his heart. So the answer to the mysteries of
life, God’s full answer, is not to make you patient. It is not to show you how
vile you are, to teach you depravity, to show you the possibilities and the
propensities of your wicked heart. Not at all! And it is not even to prove
some silly thing to Satan. That is not the purpose of Job. The purpose of Job
is to reveal El Shaddai. To see the love of God.

You can apply it in a million and one ways. God will never allow anything
in your life for a better reason than that you might know Him. Know Him
as the God who is more than enough. Galatians 3:7-8
“But whatever things were gain to me, those things I have counted as
loss for the sake of Christ. More than that, I count all things to be
loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my
Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them
but rubbish so that I may gain Christ,”
He always presents Himself as the God who over answers prayers
(Ephesians 3:20). Glorious results will follow as by-products. Trials are
going to build your character. Tribulation is going to teach you patience,
and you are going to have blessings for sure. It will be used in your life to
minister and assist others. And you are going to abort Satan in your life.
You will finally cry out, “O wretched man that I am!” But the main thing
is to see God. All of those other things are BY-PRODUCTS. So, if God
put you in the grinder. If God has done abrasive things in your life. If
God has engineered your steps so that the bottom falls out and leaves you
empty. I do not know all the little details, but I know the full answer. I
know why. People say, why did God allow this in my life? I know why.
Job tells me why. So you might see God as El Shaddai, as the God Who is
more than enough. You see, God does not enjoy people suffering.
Lamentations 3:33 says that. He takes no delight in it at all! He is not
sadistic. He has no joy in needless suffering. He doesn’t relish seeing you
squirm. He does not sadistically excavate your nature to get down to the

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