“Let the day perish on which I was to be born,…” Job 3:3
Chapter 3 of Job ends the week of silence between Job and his friends as they sat together in deep sorrow. Job breaks the silence beginning with the words on Job 3:3. David Guzik gives us some good things to think about as he observes Job’s despair.
“This chapter begins the battle in Job’s mind and soul. He will not lose more or suffer more than he already has (though his physical pain will continue). Yet now we can say that the battle enters into an entirely other arena; the arena of Job’s mind and soul. How will he choose to think about his suffering? How will he choose to think about what others think about his suffering? How will he choose to think about God in all this? These are the questions that take up the remainder of the book, and soon come to any sufferer. The catastrophic loss itself is only an entry point into the agonizing battle in the mind and soul.”
Consider these thoughts in relation to times of suffering in your own life. Where do our minds and souls settle themselves when great difficulties come into our lives? This Thursday morning we plan to look at chapters 3-10 of Job and possibly get to the first two discussion questions. We will discuss a key verse in each chapter. Be sure to have chosen a memory verse or two that you would like to work on during the study of Job.
A big thank you to Naska who will be helping us out with the children.