Job 42-1-6    Then Job answered the Lord and said: “I know that you can do all things,     and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted. ‘Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge?’ Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand,     things too wonderful for me, which I did not know….

      In reality, however, many of those in captivity are like those in Plato’s cave story.  The men in the cave took great pride in their eyesight and in their interpretive abilities—yet all the time they were looking at shadows, mere illusions.  Shadows created by the light of a fire set up behind them, their…

      I get excited for those that discover their purpose.  They get a certain gleam in their eye.  I once knew a man who was a retired cross country truck driver for much of his life.  He would pick fruit and vegetables on the west coast and transport it to the east coast.  When he…

Exodus 18:13-27 The next day, Moses took his seat to hear the people’s disputes against each other. They waited before him from morning till evening.  When Moses’ father-in-law saw all that Moses was doing for the people, he asked, “What are you really accomplishing here? Why are you trying to do all this alone while…