In his lengthy response to Job, Eliphaz holds forth the sovreignty of God, and mankind's failure to often grasp it, leading to this exhortation in Job 22:
21 “Agree with God, and be at peace;
thereby good will come to you.
22 Receive instruction from his mouth,
and lay up his words in your heart.
23 If you return to the Almighty you will be built up;
if you remove injustice far from your tents,
24 if you lay gold in the dust,
and gold of Ophir among the stones of the torrent-bed,
25 then the Almighty will be your gold
and your precious silver.
26 For then you will delight yourself in the Almighty
and lift up your face to God.
Peace comes when we agree with God. That means we must first believe that God is right and God and be trusted and obeyed. It means we believe God has our Good in store. Once we decide on the above, then we will seek and follow His instructions. We will also strive to remove what is displeasing to Him from our hearts and homes. Finally, we will make His priorities our priorities, seeking God more than Gold, finding our delight in Him. Then that will open up a whole new world of Peace, where we "lift up our face to Him" - have a whole new sense of fellowship with Him, which increases our fellowship with Him all the more. May we start today "agreeing with God" and finding His peace.
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