The “White Night” A point that should be made here, which Elihu will explain later, is that most of this isn’t necessary. Job compounds his misery and expands his sorrows by all his complaining. King David gave us hope in this hour of trial when he points out that the darkness isn’t dark to God. [...]
The “Dark Night” This deep time of testing that Jesus was about to partake of is what one writer calls the “dark night of the spirit.” Job describes it very well in thirtieth chapter when he speaks of his soul being poured out within him, when it seemed almost as if God had left him. [...]
The Truth About the Cross Job, the maiden, and I were only looking at the negative side of the cross. We failed to comprehend what Paul speaks of as “always carrying the liability and exposure to the same death that the Lord Jesus suffered, so that the Resurrection Life of Jesus also may be shown [...]
Job’s Decision Going back to Job, we see that he makes the same assumption in chapter 29 when he reverts to reviewing his life before his trial began, in “those months of old.” While trying to survive my crisis in Ann Arbor, the only comfort I had were the memories of effective ministry in Kalamazoo. [...]
Answering the Call This call is completely unexpected to many. Most figure they have already experienced that cross. What more could possibly be needed? Job is the same. He has seen the forgiveness of sins, freedom from the influence of the world and corruption of self. I am sure many of us are aware that [...]
A Christian is defined by his prayer life. People want to serve God on the level of the mind, which is impossible. You cannot serve God with your mind. The Holy Spirit must live in your spirit so you can worship God in spirit and in truth. Worship on the level of the mind is [...]
The Calling In the second verse of the Song of Solomon 5, the King stands knocking at the door of her heart and asks her to open the door, to let Him in. He doesn’t push His way in. He doesn’t force her to follow Him. She must always follow Him by her own consent. [...]
“. . . human sorrow works death.” —2 Cor. 7:10 A Man of Sorrows “We are fellow heirs with Christ and share His inheritance with Him, only we are to share His suffering if we are to share His Glory.” God is indeed working out His desires for Job, and the extent of this is [...]
Prayer Through Suffering Our times of crisis also cause the greatest need for prayer. You just don’t pray the same way when you are faced with a crisis. When you are going through a tough time and you have absolutely nothing but God to depend on—you are going to pray! When sorrow fills your heart, [...]
Job’s Faith in God
“Weeping may endure for a night, but rejoicing comes in the —Ps.30:5 Job’s Faith in God In the last several chapters we jumped over, Job’s friends responded a second and even a third time with the same indignation, criticism, sarcasm, condemnation, and disgust. Job continued to defend his “honor” by holding to his contention that [...]
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