>”You gave me life and showed me kindness, and in your providence watched over my spirit.” – Job 10:12
What a great mercy it is from the Lord to have the right perspective about our lives. When a person doesn’t have that, they cannot understand or appreciate all that has been done for them by a sovereign and gracious God. Neither can they have a thankful and gracious heart. The bigger perspective is huge and very important.
It is a humbling and heart-moving reality to step back and look at your journey until now, and then be able to say, “Lord, it is You who gave me life; You have shown me kindness, and in Your providence every moment of every day You have watched over my spirit.”
How good is the God we adore–a faithful, unchangeable Friend; let us continually rehearse, as Job did, God’s sovereign and intimate rule in all of life.
– Mack Tomlinson