“He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing. He bindeth up the waters in His thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them. He holdeth back the face of His throne, and spreadeth His cloud upon it. He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end...He divideth the sea with His power, and by His understanding He smiteth through the proud. By His Spirit He hath garnished the heavens; His hand hath formed the crooked serpent. Lo, these are parts of His ways:but how little a portion is heard of Him?(Job 26:7-10, 12-13)Please allow me the liberty to apply this portion of scripture differently from what is generally taught and believed. Paul tells us we can use all scripture for instruction. In our opening text, Job is telling us of a few of God’s mighty works, then adds “... but how little a portion is heard of Him?”
Does this not apply to the Lord Jesus? We hear much of His works, and rightly so, but little of His Person.Those familiar with Paul’s writings may have noticed in his latter epistles, when older and shut-in, he speaks more of the Person of Christ than the Work of Christ as he did in his earlier books. The last letters are more profound and mellower than the first are. In closing out his life and ministry he seems to be calling the saints’ attention to their relationship to the Person of Christ— the union between Him and their soul.As mentioned in a recent article, I am giving myself, in the time I have left on this earth, to an in-depth study of the Person of Jesus Christ. I’ll turn eighty-six on the fifteenth of this month and I want to go out talking, praying, writing, thinking, and longing for Him and Him alone. So for whatever time I have left, you can look for my writings to be all about HIM! HIM! HIM!“And when they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no man, save Jesus only.”(Matt. 17:8)An Old Disciple
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