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Speaker 1: I'm John Stangey, and today we're in Job chapter five
Speaker 1: and we'll be reading from the English Standard version. Call now,
Speaker 1: is there anyone who will answer you? To which of
Speaker 1: the holy ones will you turn? Surely, Vexation kills the fool,
Speaker 1: and jealousy slays the simple. I have seen the fool
Speaker 1: taking root, But suddenly I cursed is dwelling. His children
Speaker 1: are far from safety. They are crushed in the gate,
Speaker 1: and there is no one to deliver them. The hungry
Speaker 1: eat his harvest, and he takes it even out of thorns,
Speaker 1: and the thirsty pant after his wealth. For affliction does
Speaker 1: not come from the dust, nor does trouble sprout from
Speaker 1: the ground. But man is born to trouble. As the
Speaker 1: sparks fly upward. As for me, I would seek God,
Speaker 1: and to God would I commit my cause. Who does
Speaker 1: great things and unsearchable, marvelous things without number. He gives
Speaker 1: rain on the earth and sends waters on the fields.
Speaker 1: He sets on high those who are lowly, and those
Speaker 1: who mourn are lifted to safety. He frustrates the devices
Speaker 1: of the crafty, so that their hands achieve no success.
Speaker 1: He catches the wise and their own craftiness, and the
Speaker 1: schemes of the wily are brought to a quick end.
Speaker 1: They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope at
Speaker 1: noonday as in the night. But He saves the needy
Speaker 1: from the sword of their mouth and from the hand
Speaker 1: of the mighty, So the poor have hope, and injustice
Speaker 1: shuts her mouth. Behold, blessed is the one whom God,
Speaker 1: God reproves. Therefore, despise not the discipline of the Almighty.
Speaker 1: For he wounds, but he binds up. He shatters, but
Speaker 1: his hands heal. He will deliver you from six troubles.
Speaker 1: In seven no evil shall touch you. In famine. He
Speaker 1: will redeem you from death and in war from the
Speaker 1: power of the sword. You shall be hidden from the
Speaker 1: lash of the tongue, and shall not fear destruction when
Speaker 1: it comes. At destruction and famine, you shall laugh and
Speaker 1: shall not fear the beasts of the earth. For you
Speaker 1: shall be in league with the stones of the field,
Speaker 1: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace
Speaker 1: with you. You shall know that your tent is at peace,
Speaker 1: and you shall inspect your fold and miss nothing. You
Speaker 1: shall know also that your offspring shall be many, and
Speaker 1: your descendants as the grass of the earth. You shall
Speaker 1: come to your grave in ripe old age, like a
Speaker 1: sheaf gathered up in its season. Behold this we have
Speaker 1: searched out. It is true. Hear and know it for
Speaker 1: your good. Let's pray, Lord, we thank you for your word,
Speaker 1: and we thank you for the privilege of being able
Speaker 1: to look at it together today. And Lord, as we
Speaker 1: continue to look at the poetic book of Job, it's
Speaker 1: fascinating to look at some of the counsel that Job's
Speaker 1: friends choose to give him, because mixed in with statements
Speaker 1: that are completely true, we also sense an attitude of
Speaker 1: self righteousness in these comments that are coming from Elephas.
Speaker 1: He seems to believe that if a person experience is suffering,
Speaker 1: that that must mean that they are cursed by you.
Speaker 1: But Lord, you tell us in your word multiple times
Speaker 1: that there's a purpose for the adversity that we experience,
Speaker 1: that the trials that come our way are ultimately designed
Speaker 1: to be things that build our faith, build our trust
Speaker 1: in You, and help us walk in Holiness, as we
Speaker 1: start to realize that Jesus is what matters in this world,
Speaker 1: that if we have Your son, Jesus Christ, we have
Speaker 1: everything we need. And sometimes Lord, it takes having all
Speaker 1: the things that we thought we needed taken away from us,
Speaker 1: sometimes abruptly, for us to realize that Jesus truly is
Speaker 1: all that we truly need. Lord, we know that you
Speaker 1: love us, and even in the midst of our seasons
Speaker 1: of adversity and trials, we pray that you would help
Speaker 1: us to rest in you, to have complete confidence in you,
Speaker 1: to trust that you know what is best for us,
Speaker 1: and that our lives are not outside of your view. Lord,
Speaker 1: thank you for your love, thank you for your reassurance,
Speaker 1: and thank you for your help. We pray this all
Speaker 1: in Jesus' name, Amen,