Submission

"Do you know when the mountain goats give birth?
Do ou watch wehn the doe bears her fawn?
Do you count the months till they bear?
Do you know the time they give birth?
The crouch down and bring forth their young;
their labor pains are ended.
Their young thrive and grow strong in the wilds;
they leave and do not return."
Job 39:1-4

Sometimes God will lead me to a passage, and my first and only thought is "HUH?"

But that then presents me with a challenge to find how God intended me to understand this passage, and what He wants me to really gain from reading it.

This group of verses is actually God speaking to Job. He was explaining, in His own mysterious way, that Job's knowledge of the universe, and its workings, were quite limited. God wasn't seeking answers from Job, when he asked those questions. He was showing Job answers of his own. We need to understand that God can see everything... He has the big picture in mind, down to the day and time, and exact second that even a baby goat is born on the side of a mountain. God was showing Job that if only he would give up fighting against the reasons behind what was happening to him, God would bring him through it to a time that God knew would be better, and even greater than that, God would restore his spirit.

God can restore our spirits too, but we have to submit to His will, even in the worst of times, when we are most mournful, most angry, most hurt, and most scared. God can see the big picture and He knows what our future is. He has a plan for good in our lives, not evil. We can get through the hard times on that promise, and wait on God to reveal His amazing plan and restoration to our souls and lives.