What sets Yahweh (Father God) and Yeshua (Jesus) apart from all else.
Faith • Truth • Hope
A reflection born during quiet moments of exercise, prayer, and honest questions before Father God.
My Thoughts While Exercising
During my “almost daily” exercises, my mind becomes very active. I think, I pray, and I talk with Father God. I have to stay faithful to these exercises because of the issues with my spine. If I neglect them, I pay for it later with debilitating pain. Naturally, some of my thoughts drift toward the medical challenges I’m facing. I wonder why these things are happening to me. I think about the book of Job. I think about my dream — the “Funny Dream” — where the Lord and I shook hands, and He told me my spine issues wouldn’t be as bad as I feared. I think about Satan, why he is the way he is, and why God allows him to continue for now. So many questions rise up during these moments.
In my last post, Dictators and Wannabes, I wrote about dictators, their characteristics, and what happens when they gain power. As I was thinking about Satan, I realized he behaves just like a dictator. In a sense, he was a dictator‑wannabe in heaven — wanting to be like God Most High, wanting praise, wanting others to bow down to him.
In the book of Job (Job 1), we see that Satan is free to move about on Earth and even appear in heaven. He has great power, and it was he who caused the tragedies that fell on Job — his children, his possessions, everything God had blessed him with. But Satan could only act because Father God allowed it. Even after losing everything, Job responded with worship.
Job 1:20–22 (LEB)
20 Then Job arose and tore his outer garment and shaved his head; then he fell upon the ground and he worshiped.
21 Then he said, “Naked I came out from my mother’s womb, and naked I will return there. Yahweh gives, and Yahweh takes. Let Yahweh’s name be blessed.”
22 In all this, Job did not sin and did not charge God with wrongdoing.
This makes me wonder: is it Satan who causes much of the pain and suffering we experience, while God gets the blame? From Job’s story, it seems possible. But even then, God would have to allow it. And I don’t believe Satan is behind all suffering. Much of it comes from us — from our own hearts and choices.
If Satan disappeared today, would humanity suddenly become good? Or would we still follow the inclinations already inside us?
Scripture is clear: we are born sinners. Evil thoughts arise early in our hearts (Genesis 8:21). We do not naturally seek after God (Romans 3:11). It is God who seeks after us (Luke 19:10).
This is what sets Father God apart from everything else: He continues to love us even when we do nothing to deserve it. He sent His only begotten Son, Yeshua Jesus, to take all our sins upon Himself — He who knew no sin. Jesus didn’t have to do that. He could have said, “Why should I suffer for humans who don’t care about You, Father?” But He didn’t. He obeyed. He came to Earth and took our place so that we could live.
Would a dictator ever do such a thing for his people? Dictators only care about themselves.
Ezekiel 34:16 (KJV)
“I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick…”
This is who Father God is — the One who seeks, restores, heals, strengthens, and saves.
Prayer:
Father God, thank You for meeting me in the quiet moments, even in pain and uncertainty. Strengthen my body, steady my heart, and guide my thoughts toward Your truth. Help me trust You more deeply, knowing that You seek, restore, and heal. Keep my eyes on Yeshua Jesus, who gave Himself for me. Amen.
