This morning at Cherry Tree Court Pat reminded us that despite the challenges and difficulties life brings us, God’s love remains constant and unchanging. In Job 42:1-6, we see how Job moves from head knowledge to a personal relationship with God as he finally encounters God through all the trials he has faced. At the beginning of Job, we see a picture of piety and prosperity, how Job’s faith pleased God, but God nonetheless allowed trials and loss to come to him. Job lost his family, his wife and his possessions and his friends were little help to him, but ultimately God revealed Himself to Job and gave him a new start. Life often brings trauma to us and there are many blockages which can make us feel as though God is far away, but ultimately He works by His Spirit to clear the blockages and allow us to hear Him afresh.
In the New Testament (Mark 10:46-52) Bartimaeus receives healing and restoration from Jesus. He was determined to speak to the healer, determined to meet with Jesus and that determination led to his transformation. We need determination and persistence in our pursuit of God, a focus on Him and an obedience to all He says. The outcome of those things is a renewed relationship with God.
Ultimately, God’s message to us is one of unfailing love, as Joe King’s song ‘I Will Always Love You’ indicates.
