You said, ‘Listen now, and I will speak. I will question you, and you shall inform Me.’You said, ‘Listen, now, and I will speak; I will question you, and you will answer me.’Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak; I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
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… That took some humility to say that. Here now, and I will speak. I will ask you. If you ask me to give you the core message of the book of Job, I'd give you chapter 42 and verse 3. Coming to an understanding that God's plans are beyond our understanding and too deep to explain. Number four. Only through God's instruction are we able to humble ourselves and rest. Only through God's instruction are we able to humble ourselves and rest. Where do I get that? Into verse 4, down through verse 6. I will ask you and you instruct me. Oh God, I will ask you. You reveal to me whatever it is I need to know about yourself and about these circumstances. I have heard of you with the hearing of the ear. Now my eye sees you. Therefore, I've got an argument. No. Therefore, I retract and repent, and there's no force. He says, you instruct me, and as a result of your instruction, I will willingly submit and accept it. …
… things too wonderful for me, which I did not know. Hear now, and I will speak. I will ask you, and you instruct me. I have heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you. Therefore, I retract, and I repent in dust and ashes. Verse 10, the Lord restored the fortunes of Job when he prayed for his friends and the Lord increased all that Job had twofold. Verse 12, the Lord blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning. Verse 16, after this, Job lived 140 years and saw his sons and his grandsons, four generations. And Job died, an old man and full of days. chuck title today's message what job teaches us about our god it's amazing how miscommunication can lead to misunderstanding. This is especially true when what is being communicated winds up in the hearing of the wrong person. I thought of that just this past week when I came across the story of a Minneapolis couple who were there in February, and it was raw, and it was frigid and they decided they would enjoy a long weekend together in Florida. …
… things too wonderful for me which I did not know. Hear now and I will speak I will ask you and you instruct me I have heard of you by the hearing of the ear But now my eye sees you Therefore I retract And I repent in dust and ashes It is difficult to cultivate a humble heart in a contentious culture. Put another way, a repentant spirit is rarely found in a litigious society. How rarely do we hear the words, I'm wrong, I'm sorry. And as opposed to that, how often we hear the words, I will sue you. I will take you to court. Just this past week, a good friend of mine sent me a classic example of just how litigious our society is. Matter of fact, it's an award-winning story. It won first place in a recent criminal lawyer's award contest. A Charlotte, North Carolina lawyer purchased a box of very rare and expensive cigars. He then insured them against fire, among other things. …
… which I did not know. Hear now, and I will speak. I will ask you, and you instruct me. I have heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you. Therefore, I retract, and I repent in dust and ashes. Verse 10. The Lord restored the fortunes of Job when he prayed for his friends and the Lord increased all that Job had twofold. Verse 12, the Lord blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning. Verse 16, after this, Job lived 140 years. and saw his sons and his grandsons four generations. And Job died an old man and full of days. My Father, we have often turned to you in times of need. We turn to you today in a few extra moments of praise. We have given you our songs of praise today. We have acknowledged your character. You are immortal, invisible. the only wise God. You are, because of your transcendent yet invisible presence, you are over all our lives and in all our ways and you, like none other, watch over your own and care for us with an infinite care that is beyond our imagination. …
… things too wonderful for me which I did not know. Hear now, and I will speak. I will ask you, and you instruct me. I have heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you. Therefore, I retract, and I repent in dust and ashes. Our Father, we find words like that... so appealing to us in this age in which we live, where so seldom our adult ears ever hear words like, I am sorry, and even how rarely our own mouths say, I was wrong, and I repent. What a great model this man has been through these long weeks of suffering and growing and struggling, longing for relief. And now what full repentance emerges. For all the right reasons, they emerge. Thank you, our Father, for giving us a book in our own language that conveys to us your mind and directions of your will for us. And on top of that, from it, we learned how to do your will your way, which doesn't come naturally and often doesn't come easily. …