"I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee. Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes." (Job 42: 5, 6)
After all that went before, all the conjecturing and all the reasoning, all the self-examination and Job-examination, God spoke. "Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy? Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him? Deck thyself now with majesty and exellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty."
And Job was reduced to one simple answer: "I abhor myself." At that point he saw God.
I want to see God. Is this what it will take?
Isn't that what Paul said: "I count all things as loss that I may know him."
Isn't that what John the Baptist said: "He must increase, but I must decrease."
Isaiah, too: "In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord."
It all comes down to that - more of Him and less of me. In that order. My self-reduction cannot be done in my own strength - then it would still be me.
Lord Jesus, give me such a vision of You that I no longer want to stand out or be noticed, but only for your glory. Shine, Jesus, shine.
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