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Job chapter 42 verses one through six. Then Job answered the Lord and said,

I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted.

Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge? Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand.

Things too wonderful for me, which I did not know here, and I will speak.

I will question you and you make it known to me. I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear,

but now my eye sees you. Therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes.

I just want to make a confession as I lead us in prayer and read this passage

at the end of the Book of Job. When I started reading the Book of Job and my Bible reading,

I really didn't want to read it. I loved reading through Esther and just that glorious story of

God's fingerprints in such a beautiful way, and I got to Job and say,

oh, what does this mean? I'm reading through Job. What's coming?

And I've been reading through Job amidst some challenging days in my own life, and it's really good

to get to the end of this book and to read these verses and to realize that the Book of Job is good.

It's a good thing when God brings us to this point, like He did Job, where He sees God in a way He'd

never seen Him before. I'd heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you.

And it's a good thing to hear Job say, I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes. It's a good

thing to repent and to turn from our thoughts that we've got it all figured out, that we know what's

best, and it's good to be brought to a place where you trust that God alone has it all figured out,

and God alone knows what is best, that He is indeed all powerful. I know you can do all things,

that His purposes will be accomplished. His purposes are good. No purpose of yours can be thwarted.

And He is wise. Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge? I've uttered what I did not understand,

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