Marge Hauser
"Inside I am like bottled-up wine, like new wineskins ready to burst."
Job has just been told by his friends that all his misfortunes are because of his sin. Now, Elihu can't wait to speak. He is angry with Job for justifying himself, and angry that the other three have found no way to refute Job's justification of himself. He waited because he is much younger than the others. But now he thinks he can impart God's wisdom.
Sometimes we are like that. We think we have the best solution. We think we have a new idea that will be the best yet. We can't wait to express our view. Hopefully we are sometimes right. But when it turns our we are wrong, we pray that God will give us a humble spirit to admit that someone else has a better plan.
Or perhaps we are so intent on insisting that the old idea is best and we don't want anyone "rocking the boat."
God's plans are the best ideas, but how can we discern what they are?
Loving God, we are excited about change, but also uncertain about what will be new. You make all things new even when things seem to stay the same. Help us to know your will in all we do. Help us also to love and respect each other even when we may disagree. In Jesus precious name, we pray. Amen
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