Say Yes To God Always

And after my skin has been thus destroyed,

yet in my flesh I shall see God,

whom I shall see for myself,

and my eyes shall behold, and not another. (Job 19:25-27 ESV)

Job’s story is long and winding, but God’s grace enables Job to say yes to God with complete abandonment. Job would end up placing his hand over his mouth, signifying he would no longer question God’s ways.

Abraham is a great example of relinquishment flowing out of his relationship with God. Abraham did not offer up Isaac out of a vacuum but after years of receiving God’s love and care, of believing God’s dreams for him were bigger and better than his own for himself. Out of deep love and trust did Abraham sacrifice the dream of having his own son. Relinquishment opened the floodgates of blessings as numerous as the stars.

Imagine what saying yes to God always could look like in your life. There is a relational context to holiness. You do what is right as a stream flows out of a spring, in an organic way, flowing out of your relationship with Christ who dwells in and delights in you.

1. Spend some time alone with God. Ask him what the next step is for you to live in consonance with Christ in you, the hope of glory. Then listen to God.

2. Write what you hear God saying in your journal. Maybe it’s something small. Maybe it’s something big. The size isn’t important; the direction is. Job blessed God with his mouth long before he yielded and trusted God with his whole being over his huge losses of family and possessions. Both were growth.

3. This isn’t something to rush. For now, just connect with the indwelling Christ. Ask him for his heart about your situation. Simply draw from your source of life. Notice the graces that Jesus is already giving to help you.

4. Finally, in your journal write the graces that God has already given you that might help you say yes to God.