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Speaker 1: I'm John Stangey, and today we're in Job chapter eleven,
Speaker 1: and we'll be reading from the contemporary English version. So
Speaker 1: far from Namah said, so much foolish talk cannot go unanswered.
Speaker 1: Your words have silenced others and made them ashamed. Now
Speaker 1: it is only right for you to be put to shame.
Speaker 1: You claim to be innocent and argue that your beliefs
Speaker 1: are acceptable to God. But I wish he would speak
Speaker 1: and let you know that wisdom has many different sides.
Speaker 1: You would then discover that God has punished you less
Speaker 1: than you deserve. Can you understand the mist surrounding God?
Speaker 1: All powerful? They are higher than the heavens and deeper
Speaker 1: than the grave. So what can you do when you
Speaker 1: know so little and these mysteries outreach the earth and
Speaker 1: the ocean. If God puts you in prison or drags
Speaker 1: you to court, what can you do? God has the
Speaker 1: wisdom to know when someone is worthless and sinful. But
Speaker 1: it's easier to tame a wild donkey than to make
Speaker 1: a fool. Wise, surrender your heart to God, turn to
Speaker 1: him in prayer, and give up your sins, even those
Speaker 1: you do in secret. Then you won't be ashamed. You
Speaker 1: will be confident and fearless. Your troubles will go away
Speaker 1: like water beneath a bridge, and your darkest night will
Speaker 1: be brighter than noon. You will rest safe and secure,
Speaker 1: filled with hope and emptied of worry. You will sleep
Speaker 1: without fear and be greatly respected. But those those who
Speaker 1: are evil will go blind and lose their way. Their
Speaker 1: only escape is death. Let's pray. Lord, We thank you
Speaker 1: for your word, and we thank you for the privilege
Speaker 1: of being able to look at this portion of scripture today.
Speaker 1: And Lord, as we look at Zofar's comments toward Job,
Speaker 1: it's clear that Zofar thinks that this calamity has come
Speaker 1: upon Job because of Job's sinfulness. Zo Far makes the
Speaker 1: assumption that Job has sinned against God, and that's why
Speaker 1: this trial is something that God is allowing Job to experience.
Speaker 1: Zo Far is looking at this as if it's a
Speaker 1: judgment from God instead of understanding what it truly was. Lord,
Speaker 1: as we look through the concepts that are presented in
Speaker 1: these debates, and conversations on these pages. We pray, Lord
Speaker 1: that you would use these things to help us understand
Speaker 1: what you're actually doing and how you're operating in our
Speaker 1: lives as well. Lord, we pray that if you choose
Speaker 1: to allow us to go through a season of trial,
Speaker 1: that we would praise you in the midst of it,
Speaker 1: that our joy would not be anchored to our circumstances,
Speaker 1: but that we would recognize that we have lasting joy
Speaker 1: through faith in your son, Jesus Christ. And it doesn't
Speaker 1: have to be a fickle thing, nor is it supposed
Speaker 1: to be a fickle thing. Lord. So often we mistakenly
Speaker 1: assume that joy is something that's connected to circumstances, But
Speaker 1: the true joy that we have through faith in your
Speaker 1: son is something that transcends our circumstances. In spite of
Speaker 1: whatever is going on in our day to day life,
Speaker 1: we have hope, we have joy, We have a future
Speaker 1: to look forward to in your son Jesus Christ. It's
Speaker 1: already been secured for us. And we're grateful for these realities.
Speaker 1: And we're grateful Lord that these are things that don't change,
Speaker 1: that your promises are true, that you remain faithful, and
Speaker 1: that we have good to look forward to in your presence. So, Lord,
Speaker 1: we're grateful for these things, and we're grateful for the
Speaker 1: fact that you have used your word to remind us
Speaker 1: of these things. And Lord, we pray that by your
Speaker 1: grace we would have the right perspective regarding our trials.
Speaker 1: We know, Lord that you only bring things our way
Speaker 1: that are for our benefit and for your glory. We
Speaker 1: thank you Lord for that, and we praise you for
Speaker 1: all these things in Jesus' name. Amen.