EVERYTHING SAD IS COMING UNTRUE (4 OF 5)
Scripture: Job 14:1-17
This content is part of a series.
Everything Sad Is Coming Untrue (4 of 5)
Series: Why?
Jonathan McLeod
Job 14:1-17
''If a man dies, shall he live again? All the days of my service I would wait, till my renewal should come. You would call, and I would answer you; you would long for the work of your hands'' (Job 14:14-15).
SCRIPTURE READING
The book of Job is a book about suffering. From chapters 3 through 31, Job complains about his suffering. He believes that what has happened to him is unfair. But we do find some glimmers of hope in Job's words.
[Read Job 14:1-17.]
WE NEED HOPE
Near the end of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, there's an exchange between the hobbit Sam and the wizard Gandalf that goes like this:
''Gandalf! I thought you were dead! But then I thought I was dead myself. Is everything sad going to come untrue? What's happened to the world?''
''A great shadow has departed,'' said Gandalf, and then he laughed and the sound was like music, or like water in a parched land; and as he listened the thought came to Sam that he had not heard laughter, the pure sound of merriment, for days upon days without count.
We ask the same question that Sam asked: Is everything sad going to come untrue? Is there ever going to be a day when all of the bad things in this world come to an end? Many survivalists believe in the ''Survival Rule of Threes.'' According to this rule, you can't survive more than three minutes without air, three days without water, three weeks without food, and three months without hope. We need hope. We need the expectation that things will get better.
Job says, ''Man who is born of a woman is few of days and full of trouble'' (v. 1). In other words, life is short and difficult. Is there any hope for us? Is everything sad going to come untrue?
IF A MAN DIES, SHALL HE LIVE AGAIN?
Job says, ''There is hope for a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that its shoots will not cease'' (v. 7). But is there hope for Job? '' ...
Series: Why?
Jonathan McLeod
Job 14:1-17
''If a man dies, shall he live again? All the days of my service I would wait, till my renewal should come. You would call, and I would answer you; you would long for the work of your hands'' (Job 14:14-15).
SCRIPTURE READING
The book of Job is a book about suffering. From chapters 3 through 31, Job complains about his suffering. He believes that what has happened to him is unfair. But we do find some glimmers of hope in Job's words.
[Read Job 14:1-17.]
WE NEED HOPE
Near the end of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, there's an exchange between the hobbit Sam and the wizard Gandalf that goes like this:
''Gandalf! I thought you were dead! But then I thought I was dead myself. Is everything sad going to come untrue? What's happened to the world?''
''A great shadow has departed,'' said Gandalf, and then he laughed and the sound was like music, or like water in a parched land; and as he listened the thought came to Sam that he had not heard laughter, the pure sound of merriment, for days upon days without count.
We ask the same question that Sam asked: Is everything sad going to come untrue? Is there ever going to be a day when all of the bad things in this world come to an end? Many survivalists believe in the ''Survival Rule of Threes.'' According to this rule, you can't survive more than three minutes without air, three days without water, three weeks without food, and three months without hope. We need hope. We need the expectation that things will get better.
Job says, ''Man who is born of a woman is few of days and full of trouble'' (v. 1). In other words, life is short and difficult. Is there any hope for us? Is everything sad going to come untrue?
IF A MAN DIES, SHALL HE LIVE AGAIN?
Job says, ''There is hope for a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that its shoots will not cease'' (v. 7). But is there hope for Job? '' ...
There are 5138 characters in the full content. This excerpt only shows a 2000 character sample of the full content.
Price: $5.99 or 1 credit
