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chero · 06-10-2007, 06:39 PM

My counselor asked me the other day if I remembered when I made Jesus my Savior? I said I did and told her about it. Then she asked me if I remembered when I made Him my Lord?

That caught me off guard. But the more I thought about it the more I realized she was right. There is a difference between Jesus just being our Savior and Him being Lord of our lives. I've been saved for a long, long time, but other things/people have sat on the throne of my heart.

I've had family, friends, myself, worries, fears, etc...all on the throne of my heart. That is why I lose my peace and joy so easily. And now, when I am going through such a struggle, I want to put Jesus back on the throne and say, "Why are you doing this to me? Help me! Make it better."

I was thinking about Job and why God chose Job to be tested and tried. God himself said Job was a righteous man so why make him go through all he went through.

I think I found my answer in Job 42:5. Job said, "My ears had heard of you before,"

You see, Job knew God. Knew who he was and loved God and worshipped God. But God wanted something more.

Vs. 5 finishes by Job saying, "But now my eyes have seen you."

It wasn't until Job went through the suffering and loss that he was able to fully know and understand and become intimate with God.

God wants intmacy with all of us, but to get it He has to be on the throne of our hearts. He has to not only be our Savior, whom we have "heard of" but we have to get to the place where we can say, "now I have seen you."

If I go through all this that I'm going through and don't gain intimacy with God...what was it for?

duet_4-8 · 06-10-2007, 08:22 PM

Beautiful, chero. Thanks!

GlassPrisoner · 06-10-2007, 11:07 PM

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It wasn't until Job went through the suffering and loss that he was able to fully know and understand and become intimate with God.

Wow, that hit home. Kind of like us alkies, huh ?

chero · 06-11-2007, 05:31 AM

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Originally Posted by GlassPrisoner

Wow, that hit home. Kind of like us alkies, huh ?

Codies too, GP!

You know what I think...I think it's kind of like all of us!

sugarssweetpea · 06-11-2007, 12:17 PM

Wow,
awesome post Chero. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

**best** · 06-11-2007, 12:54 PM

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Originally Posted by chero

I think I found my answer in Job 42:5. Job said, "My ears had heard of you before,"

You see, Job knew God. Knew who he was and loved God and worshipped God. But God wanted something more.

Vs. 5 finishes by Job saying, "But now my eyes have seen you."

It wasn't until Job went through the suffering and loss that he was able to fully know and understand and become intimate with God.

* I asked God to spare me pain.
God said "No", Suffering draws you apart from worldly cares and brings you closer to me.

namommy · 06-11-2007, 04:38 PM

Thank you for that post. It was awesome.

06-10-2007, 06:39 PM	#1 (permalink)
chero full of hope Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 1,169	Savior and Lord My counselor asked me the other day if I remembered when I made Jesus my Savior? I said I did and told her about it. Then she asked me if I remembered when I made Him my Lord? That caught me off guard. But the more I thought about it the more I realized she was right. There is a difference between Jesus just being our Savior and Him being Lord of our lives. I've been saved for a long, long time, but other things/people have sat on the throne of my heart. I've had family, friends, myself, worries, fears, etc...all on the throne of my heart. That is why I lose my peace and joy so easily. And now, when I am going through such a struggle, I want to put Jesus back on the throne and say, "Why are you doing this to me? Help me! Make it better." I was thinking about Job and why God chose Job to be tested and tried. God himself said Job was a righteous man so why make him go through all he went through. I think I found my answer in Job 42:5. Job said, "My ears had heard of you before," You see, Job knew God. Knew who he was and loved God and worshipped God. But God wanted something more. Vs. 5 finishes by Job saying, "But now my eyes have seen you." It wasn't until Job went through the suffering and loss that he was able to fully know and understand and become intimate with God. God wants intmacy with all of us, but to get it He has to be on the throne of our hearts. He has to not only be our Savior, whom we have "heard of" but we have to get to the place where we can say, "now I have seen you." If I go through all this that I'm going through and don't gain intimacy with God...what was it for?

06-10-2007, 08:22 PM	#2 (permalink)
duet_4-8 A work in progress.... Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: FREE!!!! Somewhere in the Tennessee Mountains Posts: 949	Beautiful, chero. Thanks! __________________ Jen "The journey between what you once were and who you are now becoming is where the dance of life really takes place."-Barbara Deangelis

06-11-2007, 12:17 PM	#5 (permalink)
sugarssweetpea Growing, Learning, Living Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Vacationing on earth Posts: 837	Wow, awesome post Chero. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. __________________ But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness and all these things will be given to you as well. ~ Matthew 6:33 Sugarssweetpea

06-11-2007, 04:38 PM	#7 (permalink)
namommy Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Never, Never land Posts: 2,711	Thank you for that post. It was awesome. __________________ I came into this program to save my a** and found out it was attached to my soul. --Anonymous

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