WEBVTT - Job 7

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<v Speaker 1>You're listening to the Chapter a Day Audio Bible. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>John Stangey, and today we're in Job chapter seven, and

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<v Speaker 1>we'll be reading from the New Living Translation. Is not

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<v Speaker 1>all human life a struggle. Our lives are like that

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<v Speaker 1>of a hired hand, like a worker who longs for

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<v Speaker 1>the shade, like a servant waiting to be paid. I

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<v Speaker 1>too have been assigned months of futility, long and weary

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<v Speaker 1>nights of misery. Lying in bed, I think, when will

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<v Speaker 1>it be morning? But the night drags on and I

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<v Speaker 1>toss till dawn. My body is covered with maggots and scabs.

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<v Speaker 1>My skin breaks open, oozing with puss. My days fly

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<v Speaker 1>faster than a weavers shuttle. They end without hope. Oh God,

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<v Speaker 1>remember that my life is but a breath, and I

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<v Speaker 1>will never again feel happiness. You see me now, but

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<v Speaker 1>not for long. You will look for me, but I

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<v Speaker 1>will be gone. Just as a cloud dissipates and vanishes,

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<v Speaker 1>Those who die will not come back. They are gone

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<v Speaker 1>forever from their home, never to be seen again. I

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<v Speaker 1>cannot keep from speaking. I must express my anguish. My

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<v Speaker 1>bitter soul must complain. Am I a sea monster or

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<v Speaker 1>a dragon that you must place me under guard? I

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<v Speaker 1>think my bed will comfort me and sleep will ease

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<v Speaker 1>my misery, But then you shatter me with dreams and

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<v Speaker 1>terrify me with visions. I would rather be strangled rather

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<v Speaker 1>die than suffer like this. I hate my life and

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<v Speaker 1>don't want to go on living. Oh, leave me alone

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<v Speaker 1>for my few remaining days. What are people that you

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<v Speaker 1>should make so much of us, that you should think

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<v Speaker 1>of us so often? For you examine us every morning

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<v Speaker 1>and test us every moment. Why won't you leave me

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<v Speaker 1>alone at least long enough for me to swallow? If

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<v Speaker 1>I have sinned? What have I done to you? A

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<v Speaker 1>watcher of all humanity? Why make me your target? Am

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<v Speaker 1>I a burden to you? Why not just forgive my

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<v Speaker 1>sin and take away my guilt? For soon I will

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<v Speaker 1>lie down in the dust and die. When you look

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<v Speaker 1>for me, I will be gone. Let's pray. Lord, We

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<v Speaker 1>thank you for your word, and we thank you for

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<v Speaker 1>the privilege of being able to look at this portion

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<v Speaker 1>of scripture today. And Lord, we're in the midst of

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<v Speaker 1>looking at portions of scripture where Job describes his great

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<v Speaker 1>anguish in the midst of his trial. And we're grateful

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<v Speaker 1>Lord that when we look at a portion of scripture

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<v Speaker 1>like this, we're shown that we can be honest with

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<v Speaker 1>you when we pray, that we don't have to come

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<v Speaker 1>before you with a set list of words to say,

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<v Speaker 1>but that we could genuinely and sincerely pour out our

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<v Speaker 1>hearts before your throne. And you hear us, and you understand.

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<v Speaker 1>You tell us in your word that you, Jesus Christ,

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<v Speaker 1>are our merciful and faithful High Priest, and you're able

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<v Speaker 1>to sympathize with us in the midst of our human weaknesses.

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<v Speaker 1>So thank you, Lord for your love, thank you for

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<v Speaker 1>your sympathy, thank you for your graciousness, thank you for

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<v Speaker 1>your presence, And thank you Lord that when we're in

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<v Speaker 1>the midst of dark and heavy seasons, that we could

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<v Speaker 1>lift up our hearts before you, knowing that you hear

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<v Speaker 1>us waiting for you to give us answers. And our

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<v Speaker 1>prayers can be messy, our prayers can be heartfelt, Our

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<v Speaker 1>prayers can be filled with all sorts of admissions of

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<v Speaker 1>our struggle. And you hear us, and you don't chase

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<v Speaker 1>us away for pouring out our hearts before you, like

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<v Speaker 1>we see job doing in this portion of Scripture. So Lord,

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<v Speaker 1>thank you for all of these things. Commit this day

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<v Speaker 1>to your care, and thank you for your presence with

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<v Speaker 1>us in it. We pray this all in Jesus' name. Amen,