Job 17:9
The righteous keep moving forward....
My dear, departed mother had many "momisms," "old wives tales" that she brought her family up with. One of these referred to our never standing still, we are either moving forward or sliding backward. Now, here, Job tells us that God's people are to keep moving forward, as we live our lives in a righteous manner.
I have felt lately that I have been more or less standing still, in a desert, in between this and that. But I have not been motionless; I've been actively waiting on the Lord to move in my life, this way or that; and while I wait on Him, I will continue to seek His face, share His Word, and seek to do what I can to serve Him by serving others. So I'm not really standing still.
We read about Joseph, who was sold into slavery and then found himself in prison. But we see that he didn't stand still, he waited on God and interpreted dreams, along with his other duties.
And Moses spent 40 years learning all the wisdom of the Egyptians, then spent another 40 years in the desert. But he wasn't really standing still, either. After his royal upbringing, God knew he needed to learn humility, and became the meekest man on Earth.
So I trust God to be preparing me for whatever role He has planned for me to play in this life, to do my part in His great Plan of the Ages. And in His time, when He knows I'm ready, He will move me out of this desert and onto His stage.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
