January 15th Verse

So many verses; so little time.
 
It's lame, I know, but choosing my next verse is hard for me.  Kind of like going to the Cheesecake Factory - for crying out loud, they have a lot of choices.  Although if you go, you really should try the Avocado Eggrolls.  But I digress....

There are so many verses I should know as a Christian, some that I need in my daily walk, others that help me know more about who God is and His promises.  I don't want one too short (Jesus wept, anyone?).  I don't want one too long (read that: challenging).  I console myself with the truth that ANY Word is good.

On another note, I got to my favorite part of Job this morning (which is partly my favorite because it makes sense and I find Job to be a somewhat confusing book, but anyhoo) right at the end where God finally speaks up after Job and all his friends have been going on and on.  He tells Job to "gird up your loins"; in other words, get ready to take it like a man, cause I'm gonna dish.  And then He does.  But a couple of verses stuck out to me.  In Job 38:22-23 it says, "Have you entered the storehouse of the snow, or seen the armory of the hail, which I reserve for the time of trouble, for the day of war and battle?"

When I was a teenager, just to irritate my sister (which I try not to do anymore), when she would start questioning me about something, I'd calmly say "I've got it under control," (with great superiority in my voice, of course).  I think that's what God was saying to Job (and to us).  We don't see the whole picture - only what is immediately visible to us.  We've got an enemy, an adversary.  Sometimes they may even have skin on them.  But our God has a whole stash of hail, on hold, in reserve, with that enemy's name on it.  He's got your back.  He's in control.  In the right time, somebody's going down.

Well, enough rambling.  I guess I should get to my verse now, although I sure do like that Job one.  For this time I'm going to memorize Exodus 34:6-7a, "The LORD, the LORD God, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in lovingkindness and truth; who keeps lovingkindness for thousands, who forgives iniquity, transgression and sin."  NASB


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