1 00:00:02,759 --> 00:00:06,720 Speaker 1: Life Audio. For more resources to help you in your 2 00:00:06,800 --> 00:00:12,320 Speaker 1: walk with Christ, please visit us at Bible Studyheadquarters dot com. 3 00:00:12,720 --> 00:00:16,200 Speaker 1: You're listening to the Chapter a Day Audio Bible. I'm 4 00:00:16,280 --> 00:00:21,360 Speaker 1: John Stangey, and today we're in Job chapter six, and 5 00:00:21,400 --> 00:00:26,880 Speaker 1: we'll be reading from the contemporary English version. Job said, 6 00:00:27,720 --> 00:00:32,240 Speaker 1: it's impossible to weigh my misery and grief. They outweigh 7 00:00:32,360 --> 00:00:35,159 Speaker 1: the sand along the beach. And that's why I have 8 00:00:35,280 --> 00:00:41,240 Speaker 1: spoken without thinking first. The fearsome arrows of God, all powerful, 9 00:00:41,360 --> 00:00:45,320 Speaker 1: have filled my soul with their poison. Do oxen and 10 00:00:45,440 --> 00:00:49,080 Speaker 1: wild donkeys cry out in distress unless they are hungry. 11 00:00:50,159 --> 00:00:53,680 Speaker 1: What is food without salt? What is more tasteless than 12 00:00:53,720 --> 00:00:56,920 Speaker 1: the white of an egg? That's how my food tastes, 13 00:00:57,240 --> 00:01:01,400 Speaker 1: and my appetite is gone. How I wish that God 14 00:01:01,400 --> 00:01:05,319 Speaker 1: would answer my prayer and do away with me. Then 15 00:01:05,360 --> 00:01:08,520 Speaker 1: I would be comforted knowing that in all of my pain, 16 00:01:08,840 --> 00:01:13,280 Speaker 1: I have never disobeyed God. Why should I patiently hope 17 00:01:13,280 --> 00:01:17,119 Speaker 1: when my strength is gone? I am not strong as 18 00:01:17,200 --> 00:01:20,399 Speaker 1: stone or bronze, and I have finally reached the end 19 00:01:20,400 --> 00:01:25,800 Speaker 1: of my rope. My friends, I am desperate and you 20 00:01:25,880 --> 00:01:29,080 Speaker 1: should help me, even if I no longer respect God 21 00:01:29,120 --> 00:01:33,120 Speaker 1: all powerful, but you are treacherous as streams that swell 22 00:01:33,200 --> 00:01:37,080 Speaker 1: with melting snow then suddenly disappear in the summer heat. 23 00:01:38,120 --> 00:01:40,839 Speaker 1: I am like a caravan lost in the desert while 24 00:01:40,880 --> 00:01:45,480 Speaker 1: searching for water. Caravans from Timah in Sheba thought they 25 00:01:45,520 --> 00:01:49,200 Speaker 1: would find water, but they were disappointed, just as I 26 00:01:49,240 --> 00:01:53,760 Speaker 1: am with you. Only one look at my suffering and 27 00:01:53,800 --> 00:01:57,360 Speaker 1: you run away scared. Have I ever asked any of 28 00:01:57,400 --> 00:02:00,000 Speaker 1: you to give me a gift or to purchase my friend? 29 00:02:00,040 --> 00:02:03,040 Speaker 1: Read them from brutal enemies? What have I done wrong? 30 00:02:03,240 --> 00:02:06,800 Speaker 1: Show me and I will keep quiet. The truth is 31 00:02:06,800 --> 00:02:12,399 Speaker 1: always painful, but your arguments prove nothing here. I am desperate, 32 00:02:12,680 --> 00:02:16,720 Speaker 1: and you consider my words as worthless as wind. Why 33 00:02:17,320 --> 00:02:21,679 Speaker 1: you would sell an orphan or your own neighbor. Look 34 00:02:21,720 --> 00:02:23,760 Speaker 1: me straight in the eye. I won't lie to you. 35 00:02:24,400 --> 00:02:29,920 Speaker 1: Stop accusing me falsely. My reputation is at stake. I 36 00:02:30,080 --> 00:02:33,480 Speaker 1: know right from wrong, and I am not telling lies. 37 00:02:36,320 --> 00:02:40,760 Speaker 1: Let's pray, Lord, We thank you for your word, and 38 00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:42,760 Speaker 1: we thank you for the opportunity to look at this 39 00:02:42,840 --> 00:02:45,480 Speaker 1: portion of scripture. And we thank you Lord that we 40 00:02:45,560 --> 00:02:48,919 Speaker 1: have the chance to hear Job's comments or his thoughts 41 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:52,600 Speaker 1: and insights on the trial that he's experiencing, even though 42 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:55,760 Speaker 1: it's very clear from this passage that he's still wrestling 43 00:02:55,840 --> 00:02:58,960 Speaker 1: through it. He doesn't understand why you're allowing it to 44 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:01,480 Speaker 1: come into his life, and he's at a point where 45 00:03:01,520 --> 00:03:04,480 Speaker 1: he wishes he was dead. And in the midst of that, 46 00:03:04,720 --> 00:03:08,080 Speaker 1: he experiences friends who, instead of showing him a sense 47 00:03:08,120 --> 00:03:11,720 Speaker 1: of compassion in these moments, seemed to be accusing him 48 00:03:11,880 --> 00:03:15,480 Speaker 1: of privately sinning against you, but putting on a public 49 00:03:15,520 --> 00:03:18,400 Speaker 1: face as if he hasn't. And Lord's interesting to look 50 00:03:18,400 --> 00:03:20,640 Speaker 1: at his reply to them, and for him to even 51 00:03:20,680 --> 00:03:22,799 Speaker 1: point out that even if he had done wrong, they 52 00:03:22,840 --> 00:03:25,720 Speaker 1: still should have shown him compassion, but instead it seems 53 00:03:25,760 --> 00:03:28,160 Speaker 1: like they were holding their nose up at him. It's 54 00:03:28,200 --> 00:03:31,000 Speaker 1: difficult to see, but we're grateful, Lord that you've shown 55 00:03:31,040 --> 00:03:33,720 Speaker 1: this to us. And we're grateful for the process that 56 00:03:33,760 --> 00:03:37,000 Speaker 1: you brought Job through, where you deepened his ability to 57 00:03:37,120 --> 00:03:40,360 Speaker 1: understand you and to know you, where you use this 58 00:03:40,560 --> 00:03:44,119 Speaker 1: trial to refine his faith and helped him to wrestle 59 00:03:44,160 --> 00:03:47,640 Speaker 1: with deep things. Lord, in the midst of our trials, 60 00:03:47,640 --> 00:03:51,040 Speaker 1: we pray that our faith would grow stronger, that our 61 00:03:51,080 --> 00:03:54,400 Speaker 1: trust in your son Jesus Christ to sustain us in 62 00:03:54,440 --> 00:03:56,760 Speaker 1: the midst of all we go through, would be real 63 00:03:56,920 --> 00:04:00,600 Speaker 1: and genuine and would grow stronger each and every day. Lord, 64 00:04:00,600 --> 00:04:02,080 Speaker 1: we know that you love us, and we know that 65 00:04:02,120 --> 00:04:05,880 Speaker 1: trials in our lives are not evidence of you abandoning 66 00:04:05,960 --> 00:04:09,040 Speaker 1: us or something of that nature. But we're confident Lord 67 00:04:09,080 --> 00:04:11,480 Speaker 1: that in the midst of all that we experience, you 68 00:04:11,600 --> 00:04:14,120 Speaker 1: have a purpose and you have a plan, and you're 69 00:04:14,120 --> 00:04:17,080 Speaker 1: accomplishing all that you set out to do in our lives. 70 00:04:17,839 --> 00:04:20,880 Speaker 1: We're grateful for these things. Lord, We're thankful for your 71 00:04:20,920 --> 00:04:23,279 Speaker 1: presence with us. And Lord, we pray that in the 72 00:04:23,320 --> 00:04:26,359 Speaker 1: midst of our trials, that we would trust you, that 73 00:04:26,440 --> 00:04:28,960 Speaker 1: we would not question your love, and that we would 74 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:31,719 Speaker 1: look toward the future with hope, knowing that you have 75 00:04:31,800 --> 00:04:35,040 Speaker 1: good things in store for all those who love you, Lord, 76 00:04:35,080 --> 00:04:37,240 Speaker 1: this side of heaven. Maybe those good things won't be 77 00:04:37,279 --> 00:04:40,480 Speaker 1: things that we see quite as readily, but the ultimate 78 00:04:40,560 --> 00:04:45,800 Speaker 1: outcome of our lives, our trials, our experiences, is ultimately 79 00:04:45,839 --> 00:04:48,520 Speaker 1: going to be that You would be glorified and that 80 00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:51,800 Speaker 1: we would grow that good would come from it. And 81 00:04:51,839 --> 00:04:54,000 Speaker 1: we believe you as you tell us that in your word. 82 00:04:54,960 --> 00:04:56,840 Speaker 1: So Lord, we commit this day to your care, and 83 00:04:56,880 --> 00:04:58,960 Speaker 1: we thank you for your presence with us in all 84 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:05,760 Speaker 1: of these things. In g he use his name, Amen. M.