Danielle Dixon is an Australian Prophet who presently resides in Cairns Queensland with her husband of 31 years, Massey. They serve together as the Senior Pastors of Ark Ministries which they planted in 1997. Danielle’s heart and passion is to see ‘captives set free’ – Isaiah 61.
Many lives have been changed by her breaking bondages series. For full bio visit: danielledixonministries.com.au
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“Lessons from the story of Job” – A Word by Danielle Dixon
Danielle Dixon
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Life has a way of throwing unexpected curve balls. If you are like so many in this current season you probably have received a few.
Although we may be shell shocked from the impact, our hope is anchored in the one who carries the words of eternal life.
That does not mean that we won’t feel disappointed or overwhelmed, but it does mean there is always life after pain. I have been thinking about the book of Job ( generally not my go-to book), which is considered one of the three books of Wisdom in the Bible along with Proverbs and Ecclesiastes.
After a horrific time and losing so much, Job’s friends came around him to say, you must have done something wrong; God orders the world; therefore, you are getting what you deserve.
Why do we and other Christians have these kinds of mindsets? What if our mindset was what did Job do right? To deserve a double blessing from the Lord.
The friends and Job go back and forth in a poetic dual of words as to why God sent such suffering. However, Job eventually questioned Gods sovereignty at one point and asked him for explanations. God said I am too complex for you creating and running the whole universe; you only see through your lenses you can not possibly understand my wisdom. Job ended up humbling himself without having answers or understanding why this all happened; nevertheless he worshipped God unreserved. This is one of our most valuable life lessons we can learn but one of the hardest to stomach.
So, just when you think the book is over, God decides to restore double to Job. If you look closely, there was nothing Job did wrong to deserve what was taken, and you can’t really say God was rewarding him with blessing due to his misfortune. More the heart of a compassionate Father towards his Son.
Do we as humans need to equate every life lesson as a reward or a penalty? What if it is neither ? What if bad things can happen to good people and good things can happen to good people? Neither determines your place in the kingdom or God’s perspective of you. At the end of the story, Job says I knew about you, but now I really know you, I have seen you. Seeing God and hearing God is different to only hearing him. When we see people we are in close relationship with them but we hear the voices of many people we have never meet through different mediums.
“My ear had heard of you, but now my eyes have seen you.”
Job 42:5
How precious if we can come out of our Job seasons in life seeing the handprint of God all over them instead of nursing the wounds of life.
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