Storehouses of Grain.

"Can you trust him to bring in your grain and gather it to your threshing floor?" ~ Job 38:12

I was reading in my Bible last night and caught this verse. It grabbed me and beckoned a double-take. A few nights ago I bookmarked these passages in Job 38-42, they are my very favorite passages in the whole Bible (and have been since college).

I glean from these passages and let them be my strong tower so often. But last night it was for a different reason. In reading this particular verse, it was as if God was asking me if I trusted him to provide for me financially in this next season of life. The verse is actually mimicking a slightly sarcastic tone, as if asking Job if he really thinks an ox can do all of his work, rather than God. But the Lord's words are a two-edged sword and cut me deep last night.

For people who know me, especially my parents, they know that anything about money causes me to cry. And now that I have quit my job and will be incomeless as of August, there is a serious lack of financial stability to rely on. Which means, aka, I stress.

But when I flipped to this passage, it was as if God was asking me:

"Can you trust me, Christina, to bring in your grain -- your basic supplies, needs and finances -- and gather it to your threshinig floor -- your space, your place, your time of need?"

And I took these words and let them be a block to rebuild my faith on, and said "Yes. I can."