1 00:00:02,720 --> 00:00:06,680 Speaker 1: Life Audio. For more resources to help you in your 2 00:00:06,760 --> 00:00:10,680 Speaker 1: walk with Christ, please visit us at Bible Study Headquarters 3 00:00:11,080 --> 00:00:15,360 Speaker 1: dot com. You're listening to the Chapter a Day Audio Bible. 4 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:20,360 Speaker 1: I'm John Stangey, and today we're in Job chapter twelve, 5 00:00:20,920 --> 00:00:26,000 Speaker 1: and we'll be reading from the English Standard version. Then 6 00:00:26,079 --> 00:00:29,680 Speaker 1: Job answered and said, no doubt, you are the people, 7 00:00:29,920 --> 00:00:33,680 Speaker 1: and wisdom will die with you. But I have understanding 8 00:00:33,720 --> 00:00:36,320 Speaker 1: as well as you. I am not inferior to you, 9 00:00:37,159 --> 00:00:41,040 Speaker 1: who does not know such things as these. I am 10 00:00:41,120 --> 00:00:44,440 Speaker 1: a laughing stock to my friends. I who called to 11 00:00:44,520 --> 00:00:48,000 Speaker 1: God and he answered me a just and blameless man, 12 00:00:48,280 --> 00:00:51,760 Speaker 1: am a laughing stock. In the thought of one who 13 00:00:51,840 --> 00:00:55,920 Speaker 1: is at ease. There is contempt for misfortune. It is 14 00:00:56,000 --> 00:01:00,000 Speaker 1: ready for those whose feet slip. The tents of robbers 15 00:01:00,080 --> 00:01:03,560 Speaker 1: are at peace, and those who provoke God are secure, 16 00:01:04,200 --> 00:01:08,160 Speaker 1: who bring their God in their hand. But ask the 17 00:01:08,200 --> 00:01:10,920 Speaker 1: beasts and they will teach you. The birds of the 18 00:01:10,959 --> 00:01:13,920 Speaker 1: heavens and they will tell you. Or the bushes of 19 00:01:13,959 --> 00:01:16,800 Speaker 1: the earth and they will teach you. And the fish 20 00:01:16,840 --> 00:01:20,160 Speaker 1: of the sea will declare to you. Who among all 21 00:01:20,240 --> 00:01:23,080 Speaker 1: these does not know that the hand of the Lord 22 00:01:23,160 --> 00:01:26,480 Speaker 1: has done this. In his hand is the life of 23 00:01:26,680 --> 00:01:31,160 Speaker 1: every living thing, and the breath of all mankind. Does 24 00:01:31,240 --> 00:01:34,800 Speaker 1: not the ear test words as the palate tastes food. 25 00:01:35,440 --> 00:01:39,720 Speaker 1: Wisdom is with the aged and understanding in length of days, 26 00:01:40,560 --> 00:01:44,760 Speaker 1: with God our wisdom and might, he has counsel and understanding. 27 00:01:45,319 --> 00:01:48,840 Speaker 1: If he tears down, none can rebuild. If he shuts 28 00:01:48,840 --> 00:01:52,960 Speaker 1: a man in, none can open. If he withholds the waters, 29 00:01:53,160 --> 00:01:56,640 Speaker 1: they dry up. If he sends them out, they overwhelm 30 00:01:56,720 --> 00:02:00,400 Speaker 1: the land. With him our strength and sound will, wisdom. 31 00:02:00,920 --> 00:02:05,920 Speaker 1: The deceived and the deceiver are his. He leads counselors 32 00:02:05,960 --> 00:02:10,320 Speaker 1: away stripped and judges, He makes fools. He looses the 33 00:02:10,320 --> 00:02:14,040 Speaker 1: bonds of kings and binds a waistcloth on their hips. 34 00:02:15,160 --> 00:02:19,560 Speaker 1: He leads priests away stripped, and overthrows the mighty. He 35 00:02:19,639 --> 00:02:23,239 Speaker 1: deprives of speech those who are trusted, and takes away 36 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:27,440 Speaker 1: the discernment of the elders. He pours contempt on princes 37 00:02:27,760 --> 00:02:31,240 Speaker 1: and loosens the belt of the strong. He uncovers the 38 00:02:31,320 --> 00:02:35,200 Speaker 1: deeps out of darkness and brings deep darkness to light. 39 00:02:36,080 --> 00:02:40,160 Speaker 1: He makes nations great, and he destroys them. He enlarges 40 00:02:40,240 --> 00:02:44,440 Speaker 1: nations and leads them away. He takes away understanding from 41 00:02:44,480 --> 00:02:47,160 Speaker 1: the chiefs of the people of the earth, and makes 42 00:02:47,200 --> 00:02:50,720 Speaker 1: them wander in a trackless waste. They grow up in 43 00:02:50,760 --> 00:02:54,520 Speaker 1: the dark without light, and he makes them stagger like 44 00:02:54,560 --> 00:03:01,920 Speaker 1: a drunken man. Let's pray, Lord, we thank you for 45 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:04,160 Speaker 1: your word, and we thank you for the privilege of 46 00:03:04,200 --> 00:03:06,959 Speaker 1: being able to look at it together today. And Lord, 47 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:09,080 Speaker 1: as we look at this portion of scripture today, we 48 00:03:09,160 --> 00:03:12,840 Speaker 1: recognize that you are God and we are not. That 49 00:03:12,880 --> 00:03:17,080 Speaker 1: we should come before you with humility, recognizing that compared 50 00:03:17,120 --> 00:03:21,320 Speaker 1: to you, we don't stack up in and of ourselves. Lord, 51 00:03:21,360 --> 00:03:25,280 Speaker 1: we are insufficient. But Lord, by your grace, you raise 52 00:03:25,360 --> 00:03:28,000 Speaker 1: people up and you humble them. And Lord, we know 53 00:03:28,080 --> 00:03:30,200 Speaker 1: that in the midst of the season that job was 54 00:03:30,200 --> 00:03:33,480 Speaker 1: going through, he certainly felt humbled. At this point. He 55 00:03:33,520 --> 00:03:35,720 Speaker 1: didn't understand why he was going through all of this. 56 00:03:36,360 --> 00:03:38,720 Speaker 1: Later he would, but at this point he did not. 57 00:03:39,520 --> 00:03:41,600 Speaker 1: But one thing he did understand is that you are 58 00:03:41,680 --> 00:03:46,560 Speaker 1: great and mighty and worthy of our praise and worship. Lord, 59 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:48,360 Speaker 1: we pray that that would be a mindset that we 60 00:03:48,360 --> 00:03:51,600 Speaker 1: would cultivate as well, that you would foster within us, 61 00:03:52,320 --> 00:03:54,960 Speaker 1: that we would recognize that we need to come before 62 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:58,680 Speaker 1: you with humility. We're not perfect your son Jesus Christ, 63 00:03:58,800 --> 00:04:02,120 Speaker 1: is perfect. But we're not not in and of ourselves, 64 00:04:02,800 --> 00:04:05,040 Speaker 1: but you look at us as if we are, because 65 00:04:05,400 --> 00:04:08,760 Speaker 1: Christ lives within all who trust in him. So Lord, 66 00:04:08,800 --> 00:04:11,480 Speaker 1: we're grateful for the fact that you look at us 67 00:04:11,520 --> 00:04:14,880 Speaker 1: and you see holiness and you see righteousness. But it's 68 00:04:14,920 --> 00:04:18,159 Speaker 1: not righteousness or holiness that comes from our flesh. It's 69 00:04:18,240 --> 00:04:21,960 Speaker 1: righteousness and holiness that's been given to our account through 70 00:04:22,040 --> 00:04:25,200 Speaker 1: your son Jesus Christ, as a gift that he paid 71 00:04:25,240 --> 00:04:29,159 Speaker 1: for and we could never earn. So Lord, we're grateful 72 00:04:29,200 --> 00:04:32,200 Speaker 1: for these things. And we pray that we would continually 73 00:04:32,200 --> 00:04:34,960 Speaker 1: come before you, but that as we do so, that 74 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:38,440 Speaker 1: we would do so with humility, recognizing that every good 75 00:04:38,440 --> 00:04:41,200 Speaker 1: thing we have is a gift from your hands. We 76 00:04:41,279 --> 00:04:43,320 Speaker 1: love you, Lord, We thank you for all of these things, 77 00:04:43,320 --> 00:04:47,200 Speaker 1: and we pray this all in Jesus' name. Amen.