Collisions Help Us To See
The short excerpt is by Ron Hutchcraft, and the scripture is in the excerpt.
One day a person went to the mall to get in shape by walking, and he actually made the national news. He must have looked away for a moment, because he walked full-speed into a metal pole in the middle of the mall. The man had not had any sight in his left eye for years. Suddenly, after running into that pole, he sees light in that eye. That collision turned out to be one of the best things that ever happened to him! It suddenly helped him see.
Job's name is associated with human suffering. He symbolizes suffering probably more than anybody else in all the literature in the world. He really had some painful collisions in his life. He lost his wealth, health, and children.
Job 42:5; his final conclusion on the really hard things he had run into. He says this to God, 'My ears had heard of You, but now my eyes have seen You.' Job says, 'I can now see God as I never saw him before because of the pain I've been through.' Before he ran into those awful losses he knew a lot about God. Because of running into those ordeals, he says now he really knows God.
Actually, that's been the experience of so many hurting people over the years. They ran into something hard, but the collision was what helped them to be able to see things they had missed before like that man at the mall. When we run into something we can't fix or control, we begin to consider 'Who can I turn to? I am not enough.' At that moment God uses that to open our eyes to a man named Jesus, whose love was proven by His death for your sin on the cross. And He's ready to walk into your life today.
Champions, have a great week!-David Vining
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