Hope Restored (5 of 5)
Series: Shattered
Dave Gustavsen
Job 42
This is the Word of God.
We've been working through the book of Job, which is the story of a very good man, living a charmed life, and then everything collapses. Through a combination of natural disasters and criminal activity, he loses his business, his possessions, all ten of his children. Shortly afterward he contracts some kind of skin disease. His life has been shattered. Much like the life of Sherri Pomeroy. She's the wife of the pastor at First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas. One of the victims of the shooting three weeks ago was their 14-year-old daughter, Anabelle. Just before Thanksgiving, Sherri was interviewed by The New York Times, and she said, ''There is so much sadness. Not only do you not know how to function in society, you just don't even know what to say to God anymore.'' That's how Job felt.
His wife tells him he should curse God and die; his friends tell him God must be cursing him for his sin; Job confronts God in anger. And then the turning point of the story-where God shows up. He reminds Job of the mind-blowing vastness of the universe and of the God who made it. And even though his life is still a disaster, Job's encounter with God changes something deep inside of him.
See, the Job at the beginning of the book was a good man, but he was a little bit naïve. The Job at the end of the book has some deep scars. Which sounds like a loss, but it's actually a gain-because along with the scars, he had gained something so precious.
And that's what I want to talk about as we close the series today: what was it that the ''before'' version of Job didn't have, that the ''after'' version of Job did have? Three things: A New View of God, A New View of People, and A New View of the Future. Alright? Deeply scarred, but with a new view of God, people and the future.
So, first: Job had developed A New View of God. So last week we looked at four straight ch ...
Series: Shattered
Dave Gustavsen
Job 42
This is the Word of God.
We've been working through the book of Job, which is the story of a very good man, living a charmed life, and then everything collapses. Through a combination of natural disasters and criminal activity, he loses his business, his possessions, all ten of his children. Shortly afterward he contracts some kind of skin disease. His life has been shattered. Much like the life of Sherri Pomeroy. She's the wife of the pastor at First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas. One of the victims of the shooting three weeks ago was their 14-year-old daughter, Anabelle. Just before Thanksgiving, Sherri was interviewed by The New York Times, and she said, ''There is so much sadness. Not only do you not know how to function in society, you just don't even know what to say to God anymore.'' That's how Job felt.
His wife tells him he should curse God and die; his friends tell him God must be cursing him for his sin; Job confronts God in anger. And then the turning point of the story-where God shows up. He reminds Job of the mind-blowing vastness of the universe and of the God who made it. And even though his life is still a disaster, Job's encounter with God changes something deep inside of him.
See, the Job at the beginning of the book was a good man, but he was a little bit naïve. The Job at the end of the book has some deep scars. Which sounds like a loss, but it's actually a gain-because along with the scars, he had gained something so precious.
And that's what I want to talk about as we close the series today: what was it that the ''before'' version of Job didn't have, that the ''after'' version of Job did have? Three things: A New View of God, A New View of People, and A New View of the Future. Alright? Deeply scarred, but with a new view of God, people and the future.
So, first: Job had developed A New View of God. So last week we looked at four straight ch ...
There are 21336 characters in the full content. This excerpt only shows a 2000 character sample of the full content.
Price: $5.99 or 1 credit
