10月18日
标 题：你亲眼去看
经 节：我从前风闻有你，现在亲眼看见你。（约伯记四十二章5节）
约伯在他的时代是全地最正直的人。他十分敬虔，以至于主很高兴地把他指给撒但看（约伯记一：8）。然而，纵然约伯是如此深爱神，并且殷勤地顺服神的命令，他还是没能完全了解神。神曾经赐予约伯的祝福，并没有启示出神所有的本性。约伯非得经历一些逆境，才能理解神的某些特质。所以，主允许撒但用痛苦来试验约伯。
虽然约伯失去所有，包括七个儿女，约伯发现神仍然与自己同在。虽然他面对最困难及令人困惑不解、难以想像的磨难，他领悟到神的智慧远远超过自己的聪明（约伯记四十二：1～4）。当约伯忍受那些感受迟钝之友的质问时，他学习到，神是惟一完全可信赖的。约伯从极度痛苦中更深地认识神。最后，他承认自己过去风闻神，而今亲眼见神（约伯记四十二：5）。
当你在落在试炼中，神会向你显示自己的特性，是你从未看过的一面。你会经历到祂大能的同在安慰你。就像约伯一样，你会学习到，即使每个人遗弃你，神仍不离开你。当祂带你经过黑暗的时刻，你会更认识神。于是，你会亲身体验到神的特质，是你过去所风闻的。
Seeing with Your Eyes
I have
heard of You by the hearing of the ear, But now my eye sees You. (Job 42:5)
In
his time, Job was the most righteous person on earth. He was so godly that the
Lord took pleasure in pointing him out to Satan (Job 1:8). Yet, despite his
love for God and his diligent obedience to His commands, even Job had not fully
come to know God. The blessings God had given to Job had not revealed
everything about God’s character. There were characteristics that Job would
come to realize only through adversity. So the Lord allowed Satan to test Job
through suffering.
Although
Job lost everything he had, even his seven children, Job discovered that God
was still with him. Though he faced the most difficult and bewildering
tribulations imaginable, Job came to understand that God was infinitely wiser
than he (Job 42:1–4). As Job endured the insensitivity of his friends, he
learned that God is the only One who is absolutely trustworthy. Job learned
much about God through his anguish. Finally, he confessed that at first he had
only heard about God, but now, through his suffering, he had come to see God
(Job 42:5).
When
you are in the midst of your trials, your Lord will reveal His character to you
in ways you never knew. You will experience His strong and comforting presence.
Like Job, you will learn that your Lord will remain, even when everyone else
abandons you. You will see God more clearly as He takes you through the dark
times. Then you will experience God in ways you had previously only heard about
from others.
