Several months later, we are in the new year with a new president with a new agenda. We are praying desperately for him and his catalog of Trojan Horses designed to jumpstart an economy under judgement.

In the midst of the fallout, however, God has us right where He wants us I am sure. I believe we are a nation experiencing the trials of Job. How much pain and trimming will happen before we curse God and die. The rain is falling on the just and the unjust. Both sides losing jobs. The good news is that the war is old news, and in the midst of our search for personal peace and prosperity, we have forgotten the fears of enemies abroad. The only thing to fear is fear, and we have met the enemy, and we are they.

So America, experiencing recession is also experiencing revival. Don't know if you've seen it lately, but Jesus is all over the news. From life testimonies like Kay Yow, to innaugural prayers, we are suddenly feeling a need to call out for help from above. "Is this the fast I have chosen."

In the midst of lean and lack, Job was able to see God in a dimension he had never before experienced. He was no longer simply a blessed man, righteous with a hedge of protection. Instead He came face to face with the God who made the intracacies and extremities of the universe. "I had heard about you with my ears, no I have seen you with my eyes, and I am appauled." Ashamed at how greedy, and meee centered I've become.

In these days of uncertainty, I believe God's opening a view of Himself we've yet to encounter. I see it in the prayer meetings, in the worship service, in the impromtu conversations where His work burns in our hearts. Don't miss Jesus on the Emaus road. As all is stripped away, enter as Job did in honest conversation with our Maker.