Hi, Pastor John.
I have loved the lessons you have taught us from Job. Here are some of my thoughts and highlights from last night’s teaching.
- Knowing God’s voice is knowing God, and that is truly living and eternal life.
- If you have not heard from God, do not assume anything. Just wait on Him to give you your answer.
- Learning the voice of God and recognizing it helps you recognize when something is or isn’t from God. “My sheep know my voice.”
- One of my favorite parts from your notes was, “First, God had to speak to him so that Job would know God’s voice. Then, he had to have the patience to wait on God for that voice to come again…. for only when God speaks can anyone learn the difference between their thoughts and His.”
- Job’s friends thought they were doing him good with their good ideas and advice, but they had not heard from God, and Job knew that. Job did not bend under their pressure. He kept his eyes on God and waited for Him. Even through his sufferings, he trusted that God would eventually redeem him. This kind of reminded me of when Jesus was drawing in the dirt in John 8, and the scribes and Pharisees were urging him to give an answer, but He waited on His Father’s answer.
Job could have had the spirit of a serpent and lashed out when he was seemingly mistreated, but he kept the spirit of a dove and stayed in the hands of God. He fervently prayed and voiced his complaints, but he knew who to go to with these pleas.
When I have failed and gotten off-track, it has taught me to have more empathy and mercy towards others later, because I know the mercy I was shown, and how it feels to be in a mess. Is this along the same lines of not being “at ease”?
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Yes, Anna, it is.
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Thanks so much for all of your work in this.
Anna
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Thank you and others for loving it. That is encouraging.
Pastor John