When You Can’t Trace God’s Hand, You Can Trust His Heart
Donald Cantrell
Job 1:1-22
Theme: God always has our best interest in mind
I - Testimony That Was Excellent (1)
II - Treasures That Were Enormous (2 - 3)
III - Traits That Were Effective (4 - 5)
IV - Tracking That Was Evasive (6 - 12)
V - Trouble That Was Excruciating (13 - 19)
VI - Trust That Was Exhibited (20 - 21)
VII - Truth That Was Enduring (22)
This sermon contains a fully alliterated outline, with sub-points.
Peace Comes From Trust
Somewhere in the New England States there was a painting contest and the theme was peace. It was narrowed down to two very different paintings and some were questioning when the judges announced that the painting of the beautiful lake with an umbrella in the sand and the soft colors of the sky came in second. People were saying under their breath that they were day- dreaming just looking at the picture.
The judge then held up the one that won, it was of a horrific storm. Debris was floating in the air and a roof lifted off a house. The sky was dark and gloomy. Then the judges pointed out why the painting won, in the background was a beautiful mountain with a cove cut out of it, a bird was laying in its nest not bothered by the storm because it was at peace.
Many of times in our life it is when the world looks peaceful that we are quickly thrown back into the storm and unless we are embraced by the cove, God' hand we will not achieve the peace He has for us.
I have been reading one of Vance Havner's devotionals ''Though I Walk Through The Valley'' and I came across this phrase ''When you can't trace God's hand, you can trust God's heart.'' The moment I read that thought, I begin to think about the story of Job. In the first two chapters of Job we read about the horrible disasters that Job face and the harmful disease that job felt, yet he never wavered in his devotion to the Lord.
Job had no clue that the hand of God was involved in ...
Donald Cantrell
Job 1:1-22
Theme: God always has our best interest in mind
I - Testimony That Was Excellent (1)
II - Treasures That Were Enormous (2 - 3)
III - Traits That Were Effective (4 - 5)
IV - Tracking That Was Evasive (6 - 12)
V - Trouble That Was Excruciating (13 - 19)
VI - Trust That Was Exhibited (20 - 21)
VII - Truth That Was Enduring (22)
This sermon contains a fully alliterated outline, with sub-points.
Peace Comes From Trust
Somewhere in the New England States there was a painting contest and the theme was peace. It was narrowed down to two very different paintings and some were questioning when the judges announced that the painting of the beautiful lake with an umbrella in the sand and the soft colors of the sky came in second. People were saying under their breath that they were day- dreaming just looking at the picture.
The judge then held up the one that won, it was of a horrific storm. Debris was floating in the air and a roof lifted off a house. The sky was dark and gloomy. Then the judges pointed out why the painting won, in the background was a beautiful mountain with a cove cut out of it, a bird was laying in its nest not bothered by the storm because it was at peace.
Many of times in our life it is when the world looks peaceful that we are quickly thrown back into the storm and unless we are embraced by the cove, God' hand we will not achieve the peace He has for us.
I have been reading one of Vance Havner's devotionals ''Though I Walk Through The Valley'' and I came across this phrase ''When you can't trace God's hand, you can trust God's heart.'' The moment I read that thought, I begin to think about the story of Job. In the first two chapters of Job we read about the horrible disasters that Job face and the harmful disease that job felt, yet he never wavered in his devotion to the Lord.
Job had no clue that the hand of God was involved in ...
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