We Love God!

God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)

There is unquestionably a great mystery here as to how a holy God who cannot even look upon evil (Hab. 1:13) can work His will through evil, but that He does is the clear teaching of Scripture. If something could get outside the will of God, it would become a god unto itself and a rival to God. Such can never be the case. God alone is God; there is no other.
Walter Elwell

The Christian life is a great paradox. Those who die to self, find self. Those who die to their cravings will receive many times as much in this age, and, in the age to come, eternal life (Luke 18:29). They will find new passions worth living for and dying for. If I crave happiness, I will receive misery. If I crave to be loved, I will receive rejection. If I crave significance, I will receive futility. If I crave control, I will receive chaos. If I crave reputation, I will receive humiliation. But if I long for God and His wisdom and mercy, I will receive God and wisdom and mercy. Along the way, sooner or later, I will also receive happiness, love, meaning, order, and glory.
David Powlison

Bible – chinese – 新标点和合本 约伯记 17

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我的心灵消耗,我的日子灭尽;
坟墓为我预备好了。
真有戏笑我的在我这里,
我眼常见他们惹动我。
 
愿主拿凭据给我,自己为我作保。
在你以外谁肯与我击掌呢?
因你使他们心不明理,
所以你必不高举他们。
控告他的朋友、以朋友为可抢夺的,
连他儿女的眼睛也要失明。
 
 神使我作了民中的笑谈;
他们也吐唾沫在我脸上。
我的眼睛因忧愁昏花;
我的百体好像影儿。
正直人因此必惊奇;
无辜的人要兴起攻击不敬虔之辈。
然而,义人要持守所行的道;
手洁的人要力上加力。
10 至于你们众人,可以再来辩论吧!
你们中间,我找不着一个智慧人。
11 我的日子已经过了;
我的谋算、我心所想望的已经断绝。
12 他们以黑夜为白昼,
:亮光近乎黑暗。
13 我若盼望阴间为我的房屋,
若下榻在黑暗中,
14 若对朽坏说:你是我的父;
对虫说:你是我的母亲姊妹;
15 这样,我的指望在哪里呢?
我所指望的谁能看见呢?
16 等到安息在尘土中,
这指望必下到阴间的门闩那里了。