Job 7:19

19 How long [mah] wilt thou not depart [sha`ah] from me, nor let me alone [raphah] till I swallow down [bala`] my spittle [roq]? KJV-Interlinear

19 'Wilt Thou never turn Thy gaze away from me, Nor let me alone until I swallow my spittle? NASB

'Swallowing my spittle,' is an expression for 'Give me some space,' 'Give me a moment,' 'Hold on for a second.'

Job asks for a brief reprieve from this harsh suffering. He asks for a brief second. Just an instant of time, where he can at least regain his breath.

But the answer to this question is, 'never.' God never takes his eyes off of anyone. Certainly, not off of you throughout your entire life.

God saw you when He drafted the Divine Decrees in eternity past. He saw your life in its entirety. He saw your every thought, motive, and action. He saw what you would think and do, as well as what you would not think and would not do during your entire life.

God saw in eternity past all of the games you would play in life. He saw your sincerity or lack of it, your pretense, your apathy, your indifference, and God made provisions for every aspect of your life, whether good or bad.

There is not a year, not a month, not a day, not a moment, not a blink of an eye that gets by God. He has known you since eternity past, and He knows you even better than you know yourself.

God does not let up on those who, He knows, will pursue their spiritual lives. If you have ever had a boot camp experience, then you know that the drill instructors never let up. From day one, you are pushed and hounded, drilled and disciplined around the clock. It isn't too long before you are wishing for just a moment of rest, but it never comes.

You are trained, disciplined, and made to be alert for everything, so that you will remain alive. God does the same. He will push you and hound you so that you will advance in your spiritual life and have the greatest possible life, ever.

The world wants you to be distracted and lazy in your spiritual life, so you will end up with nothing at the end of your life. All the while trying to convince you that everything you are accomplishing is for your own good, when it is not.

Will God ever turn His gaze away from you? No, not as long as there is the smallest possibility that you will come around and grow up spiritually.

You may be disinterested in Bible doctrine today, and tomorrow. You may be disinterested for many years or even decades. But God knows your life in its entirety. He knows when you are going to turn your life to Him, or if you are going to change at all.

The risk you take is in being indifferent and then possibly losing out on your greatest possible life. God knows your life. You do not. God knows the games you might play and if you will ever get serious.

And then, the answer that you should most fear, is that God 'will' turn His attention away from you. If that ever happens, then you will be so far departed from your spiritual life, that you will never know the difference.

Don't conclude that bad things happening in your life mean that God has turned away from you. If you have any spiritual thoughts at all, if you have any inclination toward God at all, then He is there. And He is there just waiting for you to begin growing up.

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