Yet man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.but man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upward.Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.But man is born unto trouble, As the sparks fly upward.
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… In the book of Job, it was Eliphaz who said, man is born to trouble as surely as the sparks fly upward. you are either in a storm now, or you just came out of one, or you're about to sail into one. So accept the regularity of storms. By the way, Matthew, when he describes the same scene, he says the storm came suddenly, without warning. Day started off sunny, calm, and then it changed very quickly. And we've discovered that, have we not? It takes a split second for everything in life to change. One phone call. One visit to the doctor. And he reads the report. One drive in the car and you didn't see that car coming or the car parked when you passed. Everything changes completely very, very suddenly. Jesus even said, in this world you shall have tribulation. He didn't say you might have it. He didn't say you can claim it away and you won't have it. He said you're going to have it. …
… their substance for affliction does not come from dust nor does trouble spring from the ground yet man is born to trouble as the sparks fly upward yes we all have trouble but for a reason but as for me i would seek God. You know, if I were you, Job, I'd just be, I'd be committing my life to God. I'd be turning to him. I'd be trusting him as if he's not. And to God, I would commit my cause who does great things and unsearchable, marvelous things without number. He gives rain on the earth. He sends water on the fields. He sets on high those who are lowly and those who mourn are lifted to safety. He frustrates the devices of the crafty. so that their hands cannot carry out their plans. He catches the wise in their own craftiness. Notice the repetition. And the counsel of the cunning, notice that in relation to the first two. The counsel of the cunning comes quickly upon them. …
… Let's look at a couple verses together. The first one is Job chapter 5 and verse 7. It says, yet man is born to trouble as the sparks fly upward. Job is simply saying that we were all born and we're all going to experience trouble, just like when you're sitting around a campfire and you see the sparks fly up into the sky. It's interesting to note that before I worked here at the church, I was a first responder. And oftentimes when I would go and I would talk to patients, I would try to look for an opportunity to share with them just like you guys do in your workplace. And oftentimes I begin to ask them if they believed in God or if they've read the Bible or if they believed in the Bible. And what would happen is I would say 90% of the time they would all identify with one man from the Bible and you guys just heard from him. His name was Joe. …