A Discourse on God’s Justice

One of the most encouraging and beautiful passages in our study this week comes from Job 33:23-25. “If there be for him an angel, a mediator, one of the thousand, to declare to man what is right for him, and he is merciful to him, and says, ‘Deliver him from going down into the pit; I have found a ransom; let his flesh become fresh with youth; let him return to the days of his youthful vigor.’”

“Observe that the text says, ‘I have found a ransom.’ This ransom is an invention of divine wisdom. I do not think it would ever have occurred to any mind but the mind of God himself to save sinners by the substitutionary sacrifice of Christ. The most astonishing novelty under heaven is the old, old story of the cross of Christ.” (Spurgeon) 

Not only does God give life to our minds and souls when he forgives our sins, but when we pass from this life stricken down by death, then truly we will return to the days of our “youthful vigor.”

Be prepared to discuss Job 32-34 Thursday morning as we come together to encourage one another in our walk with God. I’m looking forward to seeing you after having been away for 3 weeks.

An Accusation of Wickedness

Job 23:3  “Oh, that I knew where I might find him, that I might come even to his seat!”

Please consider Job’s plea concerning God when Job’s heart weighed him down the most.

This not only tells us of Job’s sense of the loss of the presence of God, but of his longing to have it back. “Good men are washed towards God even by the rough waves of their grief; and when their sorrows are deepest, their highest desire is not to escape from them, but to get at their God.” (Spurgeon) 

“In Job’s uttermost extremity he cried after the Lord. The longing desire of an afflicted child of God is once more to see his Father’s face. His first prayer is not, ‘Oh that I might be healed of the disease which now festers in every part of my body!’ nor even, ‘Oh that I might see my children restored from the jaws of the grave, and my property once more brought from the hand of the spoiler!’ but the first and uppermost cry is, ‘Oh that I knew where I might find HIM — who is my God! that I might come even to his seat!’” (Spurgeon)

Is this where our focus settles when we find ourselves in dire straits? How can this become our focus? Let’s discuss this Thursday morning as we come together to study God’s wonderful word.

An Accusation of Sin—Part 2

“ For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.” Isa 55:8-9

All through the ages people have thought of themselves as pretty clever in understanding and explaining things going on around them. Evidence of this would be Eve’s thinking that she had a better idea than God concerning life. I believe the past fifty years of extreme advancement in technology and knowledge has made many in the world even more confident of their amazing ability to figure everything out. However, as Isaiah 55:8-9 makes clear, God’s thoughts and ways are beyond measure greater than any human will ever be capable of. This fact should put an end to our fretting hearts; rest and peace of the soul come as a result of truly trusting our almighty God concerning EVERYTHING.

This Thursday morning as we complete our study of Job 3-10 we will discuss this very practical matter in our lives–do I trust God more than I trust anyone else? No matter what happens, God is good and doing good. Please join us for a great time of encouragement.