Participants: Kelly Mowrer
Series Code: HWAL
Program Code: HWAL000589
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00:15 Hello and welcome to His Words are Life.
00:17 I'm Kelly Mowrer and thank you for coming apart with me 00:20 for a little time to sit and read the word of God together. 00:23 Let's pray before we start. Dear Father in heaven, 00:27 thank you for your word that strengthens our faith 00:31 and as we read today, the account of your servant, Job, 00:36 please change our hearts to understand and love you and 00:41 serve you like Job did, and to trust you no matter what may be 00:46 going on. And to stand firm. Thank you so much for loving us, 00:52 We love you. Amen. - We began the story of Job the last time 00:57 we were together. A man who was respected and wealthy, 01:01 seemed to have everything going right for him and loved the Lord 01:05 with all his heart. And Satan accused Job before God, and 01:09 said if you were to take away all that he has. If you were to 01:12 take away his health, he would curse you and die. And God 01:16 permitted Satan to come against Job. Nothing happened in Job's 01:22 life except that God gave the permission for it to happen. 01:25 And Satan came and destroyed all that Job had and afflicted him 01:29 with sores. His wife said to Job, Why don't you just curse 01:33 God and die. But Job said, would we take only good things from 01:37 the hand of the Lord, and not the bad as well? And in no way 01:42 did Job sin, no matter what the devil brought against him. 01:45 We're going to pick up the story now in Job, chapter 3. 01:49 His three friends have come to be with him, and when they 01:53 first see him, they are so overcome with what had happened 01:56 to him that the bible says they sit in silence with him 01:58 for 7 days. We pick up as Job is speaking and he is 02:03 cursing the day he was born. We're reading in Job, chapter 3, 02:07 beginning in verse 6. This is the King James Version. 02:11 As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be 02:17 joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the 02:21 number of the months. Lo, let that night be solitary, 02:24 let no joyful voice come therein. Let them curse it 02:29 that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning 02:32 Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; 02:35 let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the 02:39 dawning of the day: because it shut not up the doors of my 02:42 mother's womb, nor hid sorrow from mine eyes. Why died I not 02:48 from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when I came 02:52 out of the belly? Why did the knees prevent me? or why the 02:55 breasts that I should suck? For now should I have lain still 03:00 and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest, 03:03 with kings and counselors of the earth, which built desolate 03:07 places for themselves; or with princes that had gold, 03:10 who filled their houses with silver: or as an hidden untimely 03:14 birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light. 03:18 There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary 03:23 be at rest. There the prisoners rest together; they hear not 03:27 the voice of the oppressor. The small and great are there; 03:31 and the servant is free from his master. Wherefore is light given 03:36 to him that is in misery, and live unto the bitter in soul; 03:39 which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more 03:43 than for hid treasures; which rejoice exceedingly, and are 03:46 glad when they can find the grave? Why is light given to a 03:50 man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in? 03:53 For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured 03:58 out like the waters. For the thing which I greatly feared is 04:01 come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me. 04:04 I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; 04:09 yet trouble came. Continuing with Job, chapter 4, 04:15 and this is the King James Version. 04:16 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said, If we assay 04:23 to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold 04:27 himself from speaking? Behold, thou hast instructed many, 04:31 and thou hast strengthened the weak hands. Thy words have 04:35 upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the 04:38 feeble knees. But now it is come upon thee, and thou 04:43 faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled. 04:46 Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the 04:52 uprightness of thy ways? Remember, I pray thee, 04:56 whoever perished being innocent? or where were the righteous 05:01 cut off? Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow 05:07 wickedness, reap the same. By the blast of God they perish, 05:12 and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed. 05:15 The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and 05:19 the teeth of the young lions, are broken. The old lion 05:23 perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion's whelps are 05:27 scattered abroad. Now a thing was secretly brought to me, 05:32 and mine ear received a little thereof. In thoughts from the 05:36 visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men. 05:39 Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my 05:42 bones to shake. Then a spirit passed before my face; 05:47 the hair of my flesh stood up: It stood still, but I could not 05:50 discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, 05:54 there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying, Shall mortal 06:00 man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his 06:06 maker? Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels 06:11 he charged with folly: How much less in them that dwell 06:15 in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, 06:17 which are crushed before the moth? They are destroyed from 06:22 morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding 06:25 it. Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? 06:29 they die, even without wisdom. Continuing in the book of Job 06:36 chapter 5. This is the King James Version. 06:38 Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; 06:43 And to which of the saints wilt thou turn? For wrath killeth 06:47 the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one. 06:50 I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his 06:54 habitation. His children are far from safety and they are crushed 06:59 in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them. 07:02 Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of 07:07 the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance. 07:09 Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth 07:13 trouble spring out of the ground; yet man is born 07:17 unto trouble as the sparks fly upward. I would seek unto God, 07:21 and unto God would I commit my cause: Which doeth great things 07:26 and unsearchable; marvelous things without number: 07:29 Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the 07:33 fields: To set up on high those that be low; that those which 07:39 mourn may be exalted to safety. He disappointeth the devices 07:44 of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their 07:48 enterprise. He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: 07:52 and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong. 07:55 They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the 07:59 noon day as in the night. But he saveth the poor from the 08:03 sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty. 08:07 So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth. 08:12 Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore 08:18 despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty: 08:22 For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands 08:27 make whole. He shall deliver thee in six troubles: 08:31 yea in seven there shall no evil touch thee. 08:34 In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the 08:40 power of the sword. Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the 08:45 tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction 08:47 when it cometh. At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: 08:51 neither shalt thou be afraid of the beast of the earth. 08:54 For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: 08:58 and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee. 09:01 And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; 09:05 and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin. 09:09 Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine 09:12 offspring as the grass of the earth. Thou shalt come to thy 09:14 grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in 09:19 in his season. Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, 09:26 and know thou it for thy good. Continuing to read in the book 09:32 of Job, chapter 6. This is the King James Version. 09:35 But Job answered and said, O that my grief were throughly 09:42 weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together! 09:45 For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: 09:49 therefore my words are swallowed up. For the arrows of the 09:52 Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up 09:56 my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against 09:59 me. Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox 10:04 over his fodder? Can that which is unsavory be eaten without 10:08 salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg? 10:11 The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful 10:17 meat. Oh that I might have my request; and that God would 10:22 grant me the thing that I long for! Even that it would please 10:25 God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, 10:28 and cut me off! Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would 10:33 harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not 10:36 concealed the words of the Holy One. What is my strength, 10:41 that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong 10:44 my life? Is my strength the strength of stones? 10:48 or is my flesh of brass? Is not my help in me? and is wisdom 10:53 driven quite from me? To him that is afflicted pity should be 10:58 shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the 11:02 Almighty. My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as 11:07 the stream of brooks they pass away; which are blackish 11:11 by reason of the ice and wherein the snow is hid: What time they 11:15 wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out 11:19 of their place. The paths of their way are turned aside; 11:23 they go to nothing, and perish. The troops of Tema looked, 11:27 the companies of Sheba waited for them. They were confounded 11:31 because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed. 11:33 For now ye are nothing; ye see my casting down, and are afraid. 11:39 Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your 11:44 substance? Or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand? 11:46 or redeem me from the hand of the mighty? Teach me, and I will 11:50 hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred. 11:54 How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing 11:59 reprove? Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches 12:03 of one that is desperate, which are as wind? Yea, ye overwhelm 12:08 the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend. Now therefore 12:12 be content, look upon me; for it is evident unto you if I lie. 12:17 Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, 12:22 my righteousness is in it. Is there iniquity in my tongue? 12:26 cannot my taste discern perverse things? 12:30 We're continuing to read in Job, chapter 7, 12:34 This is the King James Version. Is there not an appointed time 12:39 to man upon the earth? are not his days also like the days of 12:43 an hireling? As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, 12:47 and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work: 12:49 So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights 12:53 are appointed to me. When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, 12:58 and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro 13:03 unto the dawning of the day. My flesh is clothed with worms 13:08 and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome. 13:13 My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent 13:16 without hope. O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no 13:23 more see good. The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me 13:26 no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not. As the cloud is 13:32 consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the 13:37 grave shall come up no more He shall return no more 13:40 to his house, neither shall his place know him any more. 13:42 Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the 13:46 anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness 13:49 of my soul. Am, I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch 13:54 over me? When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall 13:59 ease my complaint; then thou scarest me with dreams, 14:03 and terrifiest me through visions: So that my soul 14:06 chooseth strangling, and death rather than life. 14:09 I loath it; I would not live alway: let me alone: 14:13 for my days are vanity. What is man, that thou shouldest magnify 14:18 him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him? 14:20 And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him 14:23 every moment? How long wilt thou not depart from me, 14:28 nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle? I have sinned; 14:32 what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? 14:35 why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a 14:38 burden to myself? |
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