Job 5:8 -- On Committing Our Cause to God

"I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:"
Job 5:8


Later in the chapter it talks more about why, but I like the general idea here of committing our cause to God. I think it means that we have to be "anxiously engaged in a good cause" (D&C 58:27), in order to have one, and in order for it to be "ours" at least, and it has to be good in order to dedicate the whole thing to God. In other words, we need to have a reason. To live, to breathe, to get up in the morning... right? And seeking God and committing that inner reason/cause/goal either to him, or to have it actually *be* him helps us center our lives around that core of sanity... the anchor in our lives that we know isn't going to fail or betray or harm us.

Today, let's think about the reasons that we want to commit our own cause to God, and then let's take that step, to work with God towards our goals, to follow his advice, and to seek him and the happiness that is found in walking his path.