WEBVTT - Job 3

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

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<v Speaker 1>and we'll be reading from the message. Then Job broke

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<v Speaker 1>the silence. He spoke up and cursed his fate. Obliterate

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<v Speaker 1>the day I was born, blank out the night I

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<v Speaker 1>was conceived. Let it be a black hole in space.

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<v Speaker 1>May God above forget it ever happened, Erase it from

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<v Speaker 1>the books. May the day of my birth be buried

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<v Speaker 1>in deep darkness, shrouded by the fog, swallowed by the night.

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<v Speaker 1>And the night of my conception the devil take it.

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<v Speaker 1>Rip the date off the calendar, delete it from the almanac. Oh,

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<v Speaker 1>turn that night into pure nutby thingness. No sounds of

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<v Speaker 1>pleasure from that night ever. May those who are good

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<v Speaker 1>at cursing curse that day. Unleash the sea beast Leviathan

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<v Speaker 1>on it. May its morning stars turn to black cinders,

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<v Speaker 1>waiting for a daylight that never comes, never once seeing

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<v Speaker 1>the first light of dawn. And why because it released

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<v Speaker 1>me from my mother's womb into a life with so

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<v Speaker 1>much trouble. Why didn't I die at birth, my first breath,

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<v Speaker 1>out of my mother's womb, my last? Why were their

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<v Speaker 1>arms to rock me and breasts for me to drink from.

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<v Speaker 1>I could be resting in peace right now, asleep, forever

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<v Speaker 1>feeling no pain, in the company of kings and statesmen

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<v Speaker 1>in their royal ruins, or with princes resplendent in their

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<v Speaker 1>gold and silver tombs. Why wasn't I stillborn and buried

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<v Speaker 1>with all the babies who never saw light? Where the

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<v Speaker 1>wicked no longer trouble anyone, and bone weary people get

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<v Speaker 1>a long deserved rest. Prisoners sleep undisturbed, never again to

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<v Speaker 1>wake up to the bark of their guards. The small

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<v Speaker 1>and the great are equals in that place, and slaves

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<v Speaker 1>are free from their masters. Why does God bother giving

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<v Speaker 1>light to the miserable? Why bother keeping bitter people alive?

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<v Speaker 1>Those who want in the worst way to die and can't,

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<v Speaker 1>who can't imagine anything better than death, who count the

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<v Speaker 1>day of their death and burial the happiest day of

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<v Speaker 1>their life. What's the point of life when it doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>make sense? When God blocks all the roads to meaning.

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<v Speaker 1>Instead of bread, I get groans, for my supper. Then

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<v Speaker 1>leave the table and vomit my anguish. The worst of

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<v Speaker 1>my fears has come true. What I've dreaded most has happened.

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<v Speaker 1>My repose is shattered, my peace destroyed. No rest for

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<v Speaker 1>me ever, Death has invaded life. 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 such a

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<v Speaker 1>heavy portion of scripture today as Job pours out his

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<v Speaker 1>heart in grief and Lord, there are many of us

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<v Speaker 1>who can look at this passage of scripture and identify

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<v Speaker 1>with all the things that Job is saying here. There's

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<v Speaker 1>probably hardly an adult on this earth who hasn't thought

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<v Speaker 1>about the weight of their burdens and how they feel

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<v Speaker 1>crushed by them, and have maybe been so filled with

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<v Speaker 1>sorrow that they've wished to die. Lord, I can testify,

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<v Speaker 1>and you already know that that's a spot that I

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<v Speaker 1>have experienced, and I'm sure that there are many people

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<v Speaker 1>praying along with me today that have wrestled with that

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<v Speaker 1>as well, at different seasons of life, thinking how much

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<v Speaker 1>better it would be to just be in your presence

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<v Speaker 1>and to have our time on this earth cut short.

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<v Speaker 1>But Lord, tell us in your word, that all the

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<v Speaker 1>days ordained for us were written in your book before

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<v Speaker 1>one of them came to be, and there's not a

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<v Speaker 1>single day that you choose to bless us with that

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<v Speaker 1>you don't have a purpose for us in the midst

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<v Speaker 1>of Lord, the reason we're here today is to glorify

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<v Speaker 1>you and to serve as a living testimony of your

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<v Speaker 1>goodness toward us, to help others come to know your son,

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<v Speaker 1>Jesus Christ, our rescuer, our redeemer, our Savior, our Messiah

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<v Speaker 1>who gives us hope beyond the struggles of this world. Lord,

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<v Speaker 1>in the midst of our seasons of discouragement or despair,

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<v Speaker 1>help us to remember these things, help us to feel

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<v Speaker 1>comfortable to bear our souls to you, to lift our

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<v Speaker 1>burdens up to you, and to recognize that you're the

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<v Speaker 1>source of our peace and solace and you're the one

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<v Speaker 1>that gives rest to our souls. Lord, Thank you for

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<v Speaker 1>your love, thank you for your patience toward us. And

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<v Speaker 1>we pray that in the midst of everything we're currently

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<v Speaker 1>dealing with and everything that may come, that we would

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<v Speaker 1>be reminded of the fact that you are with us

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<v Speaker 1>in it all, and you have a purpose for our struggles,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's to draw us close to you, to build

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<v Speaker 1>us up in our faith, and to help us serve

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<v Speaker 1>as a testimony to others that they would come to

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<v Speaker 1>know you and that you would be glorified. We love you, Lord,

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<v Speaker 1>We thank you for all of these things, and we

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<v Speaker 1>pray this all in Jesus' name. Amen.