Job 42:1-3
The Presence of God
1 Then Job replied to the LORD:
2 “I know that you can do all things;
no purpose of yours can be thwarted.
3 You asked, ‘Who is this that obscures my plans without knowledge?’
Surely I spoke of things I did not understand,
things too wonderful for me to know.
Hebrews 13:8
Jesus is Always the Same
8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
The question, "What do I really want" is an interesting one...If I could have anything "If I could only have one thing, what do I really want, no matter what condition I am?...Is the answer, a better job, more money, newer car, bigger house, better health, living longer, more wisdom or knowledge, or more things -and after that, even more things?...Just what does each of us want when we sit down and think about it?...Our desires are not a permanent thing and they change...So if we are ask to choose only one thing we really want, our ever changing desires make it a very difficult choice to choose among the many and different material things available...
Knowing that there are things sacred and holy can change our perspective on things...Knowing that Truth, Goodness, Forgiveness, and LOVE are unchanging can make one even happy...Knowing there is Grace and Mercy always near us can bring us joy...There is greatness in knowing these things never change...
I think our soul does not want material things, it wants to be with the One who created us, our Father...And when we know this, it is a wonderful thing to know...
Job was suffering tremendously, and had been suffering with very bad health...He had also lost all his family...Then after all his questions directed at God about these things, God comes out of a storm...Job then seems to have gotten what he really wanted...Job wanted to feel and sense the Spirit of God...What Job got was the Presence of His Father in Heaven...It seems to be what he wanted...