yahal
to trust; to wait, to expect; to tarry (as in not get ahead of God).
God might kill me, but I have no other hope. I am going to argue my case before him. God will be my salvation, because I am not godless and can stand before him. Job 13:15-16
Job is desperate and he knows God is his only hope. He knows God will hear him out. Job's friends have tried to diminish Job, blame him, leaving him in a pitying pile, but Job will nave none of it. He is clear as to his only source for hope.
I think we often go to many other sources before we go to God. Many other comforts, when God is our only comfort. He is the only one to trust. "Imagine that!" my friend use to say after we had sat around and bemoaned our plight. "We could pray!"
When will we learn to pray first? At the slightest level of need, run to God first. We are like Job, in right-standing with God. He wants us to come to him. He wants us to trust him.
Help me, Lord to first raise my voice to you! I will plead my case to you. I will recognize my privileged place to come to you. I am blessed just knowing you are my God, desiring to hear from me. Amen!
