1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:03,519 Speaker 1: So the Lord bless the latter end of Job more 2 00:00:03,600 --> 00:00:08,240 Speaker 1: than his beginning, for he had fourteen thousand sheep and 3 00:00:08,400 --> 00:00:12,879 Speaker 1: six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen and 4 00:00:13,039 --> 00:00:19,720 Speaker 1: a thousand she asses. Job forty two twelve, Heavenly Father, 5 00:00:20,840 --> 00:00:23,520 Speaker 1: as you appeared to Job and spoke to him as 6 00:00:23,560 --> 00:00:27,080 Speaker 1: a father to a child, I thank you that you 7 00:00:27,240 --> 00:00:30,240 Speaker 1: desire to speak to me in the same manner when 8 00:00:30,280 --> 00:00:34,760 Speaker 1: I lose sight of your glory in perfect ways, I 9 00:00:34,920 --> 00:00:39,720 Speaker 1: now know that my lack of understanding doesn't take away 10 00:00:39,800 --> 00:00:44,920 Speaker 1: your sovereignty, but instead it causes me to lean into 11 00:00:44,960 --> 00:00:48,400 Speaker 1: your presence more so I can receive the answers my 12 00:00:48,600 --> 00:00:54,360 Speaker 1: heart longs for. I confess that, even though I'm in pain, 13 00:00:55,240 --> 00:00:58,640 Speaker 1: I will not give myself permission to doubt your plans 14 00:00:58,680 --> 00:01:03,000 Speaker 1: for my life. You are the God of the universe, 15 00:01:03,520 --> 00:01:06,960 Speaker 1: the creator of all things, the one who puts air 16 00:01:07,040 --> 00:01:12,679 Speaker 1: in my lungs. Therefore I will acknowledge you and acknowledge 17 00:01:12,720 --> 00:01:18,240 Speaker 1: that all your ways are perfect and flawless. Through the 18 00:01:18,319 --> 00:01:22,360 Speaker 1: evidence of my past victories and through the life of Job, 19 00:01:23,200 --> 00:01:26,600 Speaker 1: I know that if you allow something to exit my life, 20 00:01:27,319 --> 00:01:32,360 Speaker 1: it's only because you are making room for more in 21 00:01:32,520 --> 00:01:39,400 Speaker 1: Jesus name. Amen, thank you for praying with me today. 22 00:01:40,160 --> 00:01:43,759 Speaker 1: Continue listening for an incredible Bible story brought to you 23 00:01:44,080 --> 00:01:54,639 Speaker 1: by Bible in a Year dot com. God answers Job 24 00:01:54,880 --> 00:01:59,320 Speaker 1: in a whirlwind. In our last story, we learned of 25 00:01:59,400 --> 00:02:04,840 Speaker 1: Job's great sorrow. Boils covered his skin and misery followed 26 00:02:04,920 --> 00:02:08,639 Speaker 1: him every step. His wife told him to curse God 27 00:02:08,680 --> 00:02:13,239 Speaker 1: and die, while his friends offered vain philosophical explanations as 28 00:02:13,240 --> 00:02:17,280 Speaker 1: to why Job must be suffering. However, Job maintains his 29 00:02:17,360 --> 00:02:21,480 Speaker 1: integrity and trusts in God despite the upheaval of his life. 30 00:02:22,280 --> 00:02:26,480 Speaker 1: In this story, Job begins to ask God about his faithfulness, 31 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:30,880 Speaker 1: and sorrow leads him to settle doubt. God meets Job 32 00:02:30,960 --> 00:02:35,000 Speaker 1: in a whirlwind and questions him beyond his human comprehension, 33 00:02:35,639 --> 00:02:40,919 Speaker 1: as inspired by the Book of Job. Hello, I and 34 00:02:41,080 --> 00:02:43,840 Speaker 1: Jack Graham with today's episode of the Bible in the 35 00:02:43,919 --> 00:02:47,480 Speaker 1: Year podcast. In our last time together, we heard how 36 00:02:47,520 --> 00:02:51,880 Speaker 1: God allows Satan to attack Job's physical health. Job was 37 00:02:51,960 --> 00:02:56,120 Speaker 1: diseased with painful boils and sores that covered his entire body. 38 00:02:57,120 --> 00:03:01,040 Speaker 1: Yet even in this excruciating pain, and despite the urging 39 00:03:01,080 --> 00:03:04,080 Speaker 1: of his own wife to curse God and die, Job 40 00:03:04,240 --> 00:03:09,680 Speaker 1: remained steadfast in his trust of God. When his friends 41 00:03:09,720 --> 00:03:13,000 Speaker 1: showed up and sat with him helpfully at first, just 42 00:03:13,120 --> 00:03:15,520 Speaker 1: to sit with him in silence and in his suffering, 43 00:03:16,280 --> 00:03:20,440 Speaker 1: we discovered that Job trusted God and said nothing. But 44 00:03:20,919 --> 00:03:25,079 Speaker 1: then those friends began to say that Job had hidden 45 00:03:25,160 --> 00:03:28,160 Speaker 1: his own sins, that he was being judged and punished 46 00:03:28,160 --> 00:03:33,200 Speaker 1: by God. Dismissed their claims because he knew it wasn't true. 47 00:03:33,560 --> 00:03:37,400 Speaker 1: He knew that he was good before God, righteous before God. 48 00:03:38,160 --> 00:03:41,640 Speaker 1: But even though he was perplexed and didn't understand why 49 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:44,680 Speaker 1: all of this had happened, and one it answers, he 50 00:03:44,840 --> 00:03:48,600 Speaker 1: trusted in God, and so he took his problem straight 51 00:03:48,640 --> 00:03:51,680 Speaker 1: to the Lord. He took his questions to God himself. 52 00:03:52,200 --> 00:03:56,000 Speaker 1: And today we'll hear that exchange what Job says and 53 00:03:56,080 --> 00:04:00,840 Speaker 1: how God answers him through a mighty powerful storm Less 54 00:04:00,920 --> 00:04:03,400 Speaker 1: listen to day's reading to find out what God has 55 00:04:03,440 --> 00:04:08,360 Speaker 1: to say and what it leads Job to conclude. Job 56 00:04:08,600 --> 00:04:12,760 Speaker 1: was through defending his honor to his friends. They assumed 57 00:04:12,840 --> 00:04:16,440 Speaker 1: that some sort of wickedness had brought this sorrow upon him. 58 00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:19,920 Speaker 1: Yet Job could not fathom why God would cause such 59 00:04:20,080 --> 00:04:23,200 Speaker 1: terrible things to happen to him all at once? Was 60 00:04:23,240 --> 00:04:26,920 Speaker 1: he not righteous? Was he not worthy of blessing? He 61 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:31,080 Speaker 1: trusted God, yet did not understand him. The ringing of 62 00:04:31,200 --> 00:04:35,159 Speaker 1: Job's friend's bickering reached the ears of the Lord, as 63 00:04:35,240 --> 00:04:39,040 Speaker 1: did the questions of Job. They traveled to his presence 64 00:04:39,200 --> 00:04:43,000 Speaker 1: like a stench. He would endure no more vain questioning 65 00:04:43,040 --> 00:04:46,720 Speaker 1: of his goodness or sovereignty. In an instant, Job was 66 00:04:46,760 --> 00:04:51,360 Speaker 1: surrounded by a whirlwind. The tempest surrounded him in every direction, 67 00:04:51,760 --> 00:04:55,640 Speaker 1: causing Job to cower where he stood. Lightning seemed to 68 00:04:55,680 --> 00:04:58,880 Speaker 1: be striking in every direction, and Job heard a booming 69 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:02,480 Speaker 1: voice descending upon him with great force. Who is it 70 00:05:02,520 --> 00:05:07,640 Speaker 1: that darkens my counsel without knowledge? Job looked around him, 71 00:05:07,760 --> 00:05:11,720 Speaker 1: realizing that the voice was coming from God. The voice 72 00:05:11,839 --> 00:05:15,960 Speaker 1: roared through the wind, saying, prepare yourself like a man, 73 00:05:16,680 --> 00:05:20,000 Speaker 1: For now it is I who will be asking the questions. 74 00:05:20,520 --> 00:05:23,440 Speaker 1: Job had wanted to hear from God, Yet now he 75 00:05:23,520 --> 00:05:27,599 Speaker 1: began to regret ever asking, God spoke to Job in 76 00:05:27,680 --> 00:05:31,520 Speaker 1: poetry so fierce that Job feared his life may end. 77 00:05:32,200 --> 00:05:36,880 Speaker 1: As the winds howled around him, the Lord spoke, where 78 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:41,080 Speaker 1: were you when I established the Earth's foundation? If you know, 79 00:05:41,360 --> 00:05:45,520 Speaker 1: please tell me who determines the world's measurements and lays 80 00:05:45,560 --> 00:05:48,880 Speaker 1: its corner stone. Who is it that sung the morning 81 00:05:48,960 --> 00:05:52,480 Speaker 1: stars into existence or draped the clouds over the seas 82 00:05:52,560 --> 00:05:56,080 Speaker 1: like a garment? Was it you who commanded the sun 83 00:05:56,160 --> 00:05:59,120 Speaker 1: to rise and the dawn to know its place? Have 84 00:05:59,279 --> 00:06:02,440 Speaker 1: you entered to the depths of the oceans or explored 85 00:06:02,480 --> 00:06:06,000 Speaker 1: the recesses of the deep? Have you gazed upon the 86 00:06:06,040 --> 00:06:09,680 Speaker 1: gates of death and the depths of darkness? Do you 87 00:06:09,800 --> 00:06:13,320 Speaker 1: know the expense of the universe and where the light emanates? 88 00:06:13,960 --> 00:06:16,880 Speaker 1: Can you direct the stars and tighten the straps of 89 00:06:16,920 --> 00:06:21,960 Speaker 1: Orion's belt? Please tell me if you have known these things, 90 00:06:22,480 --> 00:06:25,839 Speaker 1: for of course you know you were born? Then were 91 00:06:25,880 --> 00:06:30,000 Speaker 1: you not. Job was trembling as he listened to the 92 00:06:30,080 --> 00:06:33,760 Speaker 1: voice of God. He said nothing, but God continued his 93 00:06:33,839 --> 00:06:38,560 Speaker 1: torrent of questions. Is it you who understands the hawk's 94 00:06:38,560 --> 00:06:42,440 Speaker 1: flight patterns and allows the wind to carry it? Are 95 00:06:42,480 --> 00:06:45,400 Speaker 1: you the one who commands the eagles to mount up 96 00:06:45,400 --> 00:06:48,720 Speaker 1: and make their nests on high? Who is it that 97 00:06:48,839 --> 00:06:53,880 Speaker 1: contends with the almighty? He who argues with God should answer? 98 00:06:55,040 --> 00:06:58,479 Speaker 1: Job was shaking in his place. God was silent as 99 00:06:58,520 --> 00:07:02,200 Speaker 1: he gained his composure, He studded, doing his best to 100 00:07:02,200 --> 00:07:08,240 Speaker 1: create coherent sentences. How shall I even answer you? Job said. 101 00:07:08,600 --> 00:07:11,200 Speaker 1: His knees were caving in on him. The sores on 102 00:07:11,280 --> 00:07:15,760 Speaker 1: his feet were agonizingly painful. I cannot answer you, O God, 103 00:07:16,240 --> 00:07:19,800 Speaker 1: Job said, with his hands on his face. God's thundering 104 00:07:19,920 --> 00:07:25,080 Speaker 1: voice arose again, saying, will you prove me wrong? Will 105 00:07:25,120 --> 00:07:28,920 Speaker 1: you condemn me and make yourself right? Do you speak 106 00:07:28,960 --> 00:07:31,840 Speaker 1: in thunder as I? Or is your arm as strong 107 00:07:31,880 --> 00:07:36,600 Speaker 1: as mine? Adorn yourself with dignity, be draped in absolute 108 00:07:36,640 --> 00:07:41,400 Speaker 1: glory and splendor. Take dominion and control over the earth 109 00:07:41,480 --> 00:07:46,200 Speaker 1: you see, and maybe then I will acknowledge you. God 110 00:07:46,280 --> 00:07:49,160 Speaker 1: had made his point to Job. He spoke of mighty 111 00:07:49,200 --> 00:07:52,679 Speaker 1: beasts that were immense in power and glory, yet still 112 00:07:52,680 --> 00:07:56,200 Speaker 1: in control by God. He spoke of the expanse of 113 00:07:56,240 --> 00:08:00,480 Speaker 1: space and time, light and darkness, all to reveal to 114 00:08:00,600 --> 00:08:04,800 Speaker 1: Job his vastness. In all God's questioning, there was an 115 00:08:04,920 --> 00:08:09,440 Speaker 1: undertone of love. God wanted to bring Job outside of 116 00:08:09,440 --> 00:08:12,920 Speaker 1: his circumstances. He wanted him to see that the universe 117 00:08:12,960 --> 00:08:17,560 Speaker 1: operates on God's will and does not bend to Job's comforts. 118 00:08:17,760 --> 00:08:20,960 Speaker 1: Job once again bowed before the Lord and said, I 119 00:08:21,160 --> 00:08:24,720 Speaker 1: know that all things are possible for you. Your will 120 00:08:24,840 --> 00:08:27,760 Speaker 1: cannot be denied. You have uttered what I could not 121 00:08:27,920 --> 00:08:34,000 Speaker 1: possibly understand. I repent before you Lord. After Job repented, 122 00:08:34,160 --> 00:08:38,240 Speaker 1: God turned to his friends. My anger has been ignited 123 00:08:38,280 --> 00:08:42,360 Speaker 1: against you, God said, you have spoken ignorantly of my 124 00:08:42,480 --> 00:08:46,680 Speaker 1: ways and have not considered me as Job has. So 125 00:08:46,800 --> 00:08:51,640 Speaker 1: the Lord had them repent, and Job made offerings for them. 126 00:08:51,880 --> 00:08:56,040 Speaker 1: God kindly restored Job to greater health. Job's brothers and 127 00:08:56,120 --> 00:08:59,800 Speaker 1: sisters came alongside him, and together they laughed and prayed 128 00:08:59,800 --> 00:09:04,560 Speaker 1: with one another. Unlike Job's friends, they understood that comfort 129 00:09:04,640 --> 00:09:08,400 Speaker 1: came not in vain philosophy or discourse. Rather, it came 130 00:09:08,480 --> 00:09:14,320 Speaker 1: from friendship and true acknowledgment of God's goodness. Slowly, Job 131 00:09:14,360 --> 00:09:19,040 Speaker 1: accumulated greater wealth and was reconciled to his wife. Together 132 00:09:19,120 --> 00:09:22,600 Speaker 1: they had more children. Job sat among his new family, 133 00:09:22,760 --> 00:09:27,000 Speaker 1: cherishing the memories of his old family. Job was spilling 134 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:30,800 Speaker 1: over with joy and gratefulness to God, and he lived 135 00:09:30,880 --> 00:09:39,160 Speaker 1: a long and prosperous life. Today's story begins with Job 136 00:09:39,320 --> 00:09:43,080 Speaker 1: walking away from his friends because they were toxic. In 137 00:09:43,120 --> 00:09:48,000 Speaker 1: other words, their tenacious accusations against Job's character were silly 138 00:09:48,040 --> 00:09:52,080 Speaker 1: and senseless because God knew that he had done nothing wrong, 139 00:09:52,400 --> 00:09:55,599 Speaker 1: that God was not punishing him. He knows that he 140 00:09:55,640 --> 00:09:57,960 Speaker 1: has not sinned against God in any way that would 141 00:09:58,000 --> 00:10:02,280 Speaker 1: demand God's justice. He's done nothing to deserve this terrible 142 00:10:02,320 --> 00:10:06,520 Speaker 1: faith so much loss. Job does not accuse God, but 143 00:10:06,600 --> 00:10:09,280 Speaker 1: he is filled with doubts. He wants to hear from 144 00:10:09,320 --> 00:10:14,400 Speaker 1: God and to know why, why this suffering. God knows, 145 00:10:14,440 --> 00:10:17,200 Speaker 1: of course, everything that's been going on between Job and 146 00:10:17,280 --> 00:10:20,760 Speaker 1: his wife, Job and his friends, and the questions that 147 00:10:20,840 --> 00:10:25,800 Speaker 1: Job is asking himself and God. So now it's time 148 00:10:25,880 --> 00:10:29,800 Speaker 1: for God to say something. For God to speak, and 149 00:10:29,920 --> 00:10:34,440 Speaker 1: he comes to Job in a whirlwind. How terrifying that 150 00:10:34,520 --> 00:10:37,520 Speaker 1: must have been for Job. He must have been thinking, 151 00:10:37,600 --> 00:10:40,800 Speaker 1: what's next? All these blows that have come against me, 152 00:10:40,880 --> 00:10:44,800 Speaker 1: and now this wind is blowing against me. Maybe Job 153 00:10:44,880 --> 00:10:48,520 Speaker 1: thinks to himself, well, perhaps God is trying to kill me. 154 00:10:49,559 --> 00:10:52,000 Speaker 1: But death wasn't what God had in mind for Job. 155 00:10:53,120 --> 00:10:57,199 Speaker 1: God was about to teach Job and us. God says, 156 00:10:57,240 --> 00:11:01,120 Speaker 1: get ready and unleashes a barrage of questions for Job 157 00:11:01,240 --> 00:11:05,760 Speaker 1: to answer. These are questions from God that Job cannot answer. 158 00:11:06,960 --> 00:11:10,160 Speaker 1: Only God himself can answer the questions of suffering and 159 00:11:10,320 --> 00:11:14,440 Speaker 1: pain in life, and that's the whole point. God says 160 00:11:14,480 --> 00:11:18,280 Speaker 1: to Job, where were you when I laid the earth foundations, 161 00:11:19,120 --> 00:11:23,560 Speaker 1: when I hung the moon and the stars. God references 162 00:11:23,600 --> 00:11:27,160 Speaker 1: all of creation, from the distant stars and celestial bodies, 163 00:11:27,160 --> 00:11:29,839 Speaker 1: to the deepest oceans to the animals that roam the earth. 164 00:11:30,400 --> 00:11:32,480 Speaker 1: God knows the wind and the how and the why 165 00:11:32,559 --> 00:11:36,720 Speaker 1: of everything. As you listen to the questions from God, 166 00:11:37,679 --> 00:11:42,959 Speaker 1: ask yourself, what is God asking me? God's questions put 167 00:11:43,040 --> 00:11:45,960 Speaker 1: Job in his place, and he knows he cannot offer 168 00:11:46,000 --> 00:11:49,680 Speaker 1: an answer, and he admits this to God. But God 169 00:11:49,760 --> 00:11:53,280 Speaker 1: isn't finished. He challenges Job to answer if he can 170 00:11:53,280 --> 00:11:58,360 Speaker 1: match God's might and power. Humbled Job answers God, beginning 171 00:11:58,360 --> 00:12:02,040 Speaker 1: in Job forty two, verses one through three. Then Job 172 00:12:02,120 --> 00:12:04,719 Speaker 1: answered the Lord and said, I know that you can 173 00:12:04,760 --> 00:12:07,319 Speaker 1: do all things, and that no purpose of yours can 174 00:12:07,360 --> 00:12:11,400 Speaker 1: be thrarted. Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge? 175 00:12:11,800 --> 00:12:14,960 Speaker 1: Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand, things 176 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:18,160 Speaker 1: too wonderful to be, things that I do not know. 177 00:12:19,080 --> 00:12:22,240 Speaker 1: God hears the humble heart of his servant and the repentance, 178 00:12:22,600 --> 00:12:26,200 Speaker 1: and he accepts it. He then turns to Job's friends 179 00:12:26,320 --> 00:12:29,840 Speaker 1: and rebukes them for assuming that they knew God's thoughts 180 00:12:29,840 --> 00:12:34,440 Speaker 1: and ways. They too repent, and Job offers sacrifices for 181 00:12:34,520 --> 00:12:39,200 Speaker 1: his friends, returning to his priestly and godly role. Job 182 00:12:39,320 --> 00:12:42,280 Speaker 1: has withstood the test, never turning from his trust and 183 00:12:42,440 --> 00:12:46,920 Speaker 1: faith in God. And what does God do? In time? 184 00:12:47,040 --> 00:12:49,560 Speaker 1: God restored his health and increased his wealth and his 185 00:12:49,640 --> 00:12:53,400 Speaker 1: family lyne beyond what he had lost. The book of 186 00:12:53,480 --> 00:12:56,320 Speaker 1: Job is all about how we handle the question of 187 00:12:56,400 --> 00:13:00,000 Speaker 1: suffering in life. All the pain, all the heart aye, 188 00:13:00,160 --> 00:13:02,719 Speaker 1: all the tragedies that we see around us? What does 189 00:13:02,800 --> 00:13:06,080 Speaker 1: God have to say about these? And this powerful story 190 00:13:06,120 --> 00:13:09,360 Speaker 1: of Job reminds us that God is in control and 191 00:13:09,480 --> 00:13:13,960 Speaker 1: that while we can certainly ask questions of God, we 192 00:13:14,040 --> 00:13:18,760 Speaker 1: should never question God. Let me say that again. You 193 00:13:18,800 --> 00:13:24,080 Speaker 1: can ask God questions, any question, but do not question God. 194 00:13:24,400 --> 00:13:30,160 Speaker 1: Do not question his faithfulness, his trustworthiness, his love for you. 195 00:13:30,960 --> 00:13:33,480 Speaker 1: And if you know that, if you know that God 196 00:13:33,520 --> 00:13:35,760 Speaker 1: loves you with an everlasting love and that his love 197 00:13:35,800 --> 00:13:39,360 Speaker 1: will never let you go, then you can persevere through 198 00:13:39,440 --> 00:13:44,839 Speaker 1: any trial and even life's greatest tragedies. Dear God, your 199 00:13:44,960 --> 00:13:48,479 Speaker 1: mind and majesty are so far beyond what we can understand, 200 00:13:49,160 --> 00:13:51,560 Speaker 1: but we thank you for reminding us in the story 201 00:13:51,559 --> 00:13:55,760 Speaker 1: of Job that you are steadfast through our struggles, that 202 00:13:55,880 --> 00:13:57,959 Speaker 1: when we cry out to you and lean on you 203 00:13:58,040 --> 00:14:00,880 Speaker 1: and believe in you and your plan for our lives, 204 00:14:01,320 --> 00:14:04,440 Speaker 1: then you always work all things together for good, and 205 00:14:04,480 --> 00:14:08,000 Speaker 1: that you can restore and redeem what is broken in 206 00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:12,280 Speaker 1: our lives. Amen, thank you for listening to today's Bible 207 00:14:12,320 --> 00:14:15,560 Speaker 1: in a Year podcast. 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