Thursday, November 16, 2017

All Was Well...But He Shattered Me

Job 16:11-14 – God has turned me over to the ungodly and thrown me into the clutches of the wicked. All was well with me, but he shattered me; he seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has made me his target; his archers surround me. Without pity, he pierces my kidneys and spills my gall on the ground. Again and again he bursts upon me; he rushes at me like a warrior.

Job 9:17 – He would crush me with a storm and multiply my wounds for no reason.

Job 2:3 – Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil. And he still maintains his integrity, though you incited me against him to ruin him without any reason.”

Job 10:3 – Does it please you to oppress me, to spurn the work of your hands, while you smile on the plans of the wicked?

Application:

  • ·         Job does not know that God has allowed Satan to crush him for a high purpose.
  • ·         Though it is not always clear how, everything that happens is part of His divine purpose.
  • ·         Job imagines that God is angry with him, an innocent man, and that he takes delight in the wicked.



All Scripture verses taken from NIV

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