Stark Naked

The only ones who don't seem to be hindered by “nakies” (an Ella word) are babies.  They actually find great joy in being shed of it all. Give a baby a birthday suit & a mirror, and all is well.  Nakedness and a mirror sounds like a nightmare to me! 

 

What were Job's motives for not cursing God when he lost so much? It had to be something phenomenal because he lost 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 oxen, 500 female donkeys, an undetermined amount of servants, 7 sons, and 3 daughters! I can't say for sure what I would have done, but Job 1:20 tells us that Job "fell to the ground and worshiped." (Job 1:20). Furthermore, through all this, "Job did not sin nor did he blame God." (V.22) Stripped down to nothing, Job found in the smoldering fires of trouble, God really was It!  Have you ever wondered why we, like Job, have to sink so low to see Jehovah as Most High? Mart De Haan wrote that in "stark nakedness of soul, [Job] worshiped God because he had come to see that God alone deserves to be trusted in the dark night of our soul." He is the One and Only to be trusted with today and tomorrow.  In most places it's against the law so I'm NOT suggesting nudity, but standing in "stark naked" before God is a good thing. Actually, it is just how God wants us.