Tag: job
-
Day 008: Standing on the Dust (Job 19:25)
Job’s famous confession—“I know that my Redeemer lives”—is often heard as a promise about the end of history. But a closer look at the Hebrew reveals a hope that is nearer than we expect: a Redeemer who does not merely stand upon the earth, but who stands on the dust—present with us in suffering, even…
-
Day 007: No Five o’ Clock Whistle (Job 14:5-6)
Job longs for a God who clocks out at five—present enough to create the world, distant enough to leave him alone. But Scripture reminds us that the Lord who never looks away is not a boss keeping score, but a Father who never stops caring.
-
Day 006: Compassion Fatigue (Job 12:5)
As Job’s suffering drags on, his friends grow weary of compassion and quick with contempt. I see myself in their frustration more than I want to admit. Yet where my patience runs out, Jesus “always lives to make intercession” for us.
-
Day 004: Have You Considered my Servant? (Job 1:8)
Godly response to overwhelming suffering
-
Day 015: Two Things We Know to be True (Job 42:5)
I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you;6 therefore I despise myself, and repent in dust and ashes.” Job 42:5 Originally posted January 15, 2021 Today I did my second funeral in five days. Terry was one of those precious senior adults that a church can’t function without. He was…
-
Answers From the Whirlwind (Job 1-42)
A Sermon preached after a tornado tore through our county