Not Falling Apart After All

 

I know that You

       can do all things,

and that no purpose of Yours

    can be thwarted.

             Job 42. 2

The most powerful hook in this verse

       is the phrase can do.

In the Hebrew, it means

     not just making something,

but prevailing in it,

overcoming, enduring, having power,

being able, have strength over,

        and be the victor.

This is not the social iteration of 

                 believe in yourself,

 nor even wishing for an particular outcome,

     but knowing 

     and realizing God is in it.

And that is what it's all about.

No purpose of God's

             can be thwarted,

cut off, made inaccessible,

shortened, or diminished.

Because His redeeming 

       stands on all things,

what is understandable,

           even what is so hard.

Trust Me in this.

O LORD,

We can come before You

  with our confusions

and struggles

     and mysteries,

knowing that You are the Almighty,

and none of this

           is a surprise to You.

Things are not falling apart,

   but Your purposes coming together

in unexpected ways

          and unlikely situations.

Help us to follow You through

in whatever we encounter today,

walking with You

              and not alone.