God of the Leviathon

God of the Leviathon

September 25, 2017

Today is the day that I find out if I get dropped out of this whirlwind or if the whirlwind picks up speed.  I see the doctor this afternoon to get the results of the pathology lab report. So to prepare myself, I spend all morning with my Father.

I am afraid.  I ask Him to overcome my fear with faith.  Help me to be thankful for whatever news I hear…knowing that You can be fully trusted and that Your plans are ALWAYS GOOD!

Job 41 is what I am reading today.  The entire chapter is devoted to God describing one of His creations…the leviathon. The leviathon is a powerful creature.  He won’t make deals with man.  He can’t be tamed or mastered.  He is scary. He is strong.  He terrifies even the mighty.  The mighty run from him.  Sword, spear, javelin and arrows do not make him flee.  He is a creature without fear.

Cancer is also a powerful creature.  Man cannot make deals with cancer. Cancer is difficult to tame or master.  Cancer is scary.  Cancer is strong.  Cancer terrifies all of us.  If we could run to get away from it we would.  Sometimes surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation cannot make cancer flee.

But in verse 11, God reminds us, “Everything under heaven belongs to Me.”  And if it belongs to Him, He controls it.  Neither the leviathon or cancer is untamable by God.  Neither the leviathon or cancer is scary to God.  God does not flee from anything. God is master over ALL!

I am reminded again by the verses in Job 38 describing the boundaries God places.  And I remind myself again, that if this is cancer, God is in control of it.  He says, “This far you may come and no farther, cancer!”

It’s funny how the prospect of having cancer suddenly changes your whole perspective of life.  You begin to realize the fine line between life and death that exists for every one of us.  Every day.  We just live unaware.  Until tragedy or prospective tragedy strikes.

Whatever I hear today, God has already used this as a gift in my life.  God is using it to “teach me to number my days” as Psalm 91:12 suggests.  Whether I have cancer or not, my days are numbered.  God has gifted me with renewed passion to live.  To trust Him wholeheartedly.  To serve Him until my dying breath. To steward this life well.  To be bold.  To do it now…not later.  To follow Him wherever He leads…even if it is down cancer’s path.