Trust Jesus in the storms of life

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Trust Jesus in the Storms of Life

• The question is not why do things happen but how
  do I now respond?
• Job 18
• 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

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• Job120-22
• At this, Job got up and tore his robe and
  shaved his head. Then he fell to the ground in
  worship 21 and said Naked I came from my
  mother's womb, and naked I shall depart. The LORD
  gave and the LORD has taken away may the name of
  the LORD be praised. 22In all this, Job did not
  sin by charging God with wrongdoing.

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• Job 29,10
• His wife said to him, Are you still holding on
  to your integrity? Curse God and die! 10 He
  replied, You are talking like a foolish woman.
  Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?
  In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.

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• Job 213
• Then they sat on the ground with him for seven
  days and seven nights. No-one said a word to him,
  because they saw how great his suffering was.

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• Job 3-37 Jobs dialogue with the 3 friends
• Job 38-41 God speaks to Job for the first time
  and questions him.

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• Job 381-3  
• 1 Then the LORD answered Job out of the storm.
  He said 2Who is this that darkens my counsel
  with words without knowledge? 3 Brace yourself
  like a man I will question you, and you shall
  answer me.

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• Job 38 4-5
• "Where were you when I laid the earth's
  foundation? Tell me, if you understand. 5 Who
  marked off its dimensions? Surely you know! Who
  stretched a measuring line across it?
• Job 388
• "Who shut up the sea behind doors  when it
  burst forth from the womb,

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• Job 38 16-21
• 16 "Have you journeyed to the springs of the sea
  or walked in the recesses of the deep? 17 Have
  the gates of death been shown to you? Have you
  seen the gates of the shadow of death? 18 Have
  you comprehended the vast expanses of the earth?
  Tell me, if you know all this.

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• 19 "What is the way to the abode of light? And
  where does darkness reside? 20 Can you take them
  to their places? Do you know the paths to their
  dwellings? 21 Surely you know, for you were
  already born! You have lived so many years!

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• Job 3832-35
• 32 Can you bring forth the constellations in
  their seasons or lead out the Bear with its cubs?
  33 Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you
  set up God's dominion over the earth? 

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• 34 "Can you raise your voice to the clouds and
  cover yourself with a flood of water? 35 Do you
  send the lightning bolts on their way? Do they
  report to you, 'Here we are'?

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• Job 391
•  1 "Do you know when the mountain goats give
  birth? Do you watch when the doe bears her fawn?
• Job 399
• "Will the wild ox consent to serve you? Will he
  stay by your manger at night?

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• Job 3919
• "Do you give the horse his strength or clothe his
  neck with a flowing mane?
• Job 3926-27
• 26 "Does the hawk take flight by your wisdom
  and spread his wings toward the south? 27Does the
  eagle soar at your command and build his nest on
  high?

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• Job 401-2
• 1The LORD said to Job  2Will the one who
  contends with the Almighty correct him? Let him
  who accuses God answer him!

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• Job you have very little knowledge of the
  physical universe. How can you question how I
  handle the spiritual and moral areas of life?
• Job 404
• I am unworthy- how can I reply to you? I put
  my hand over my mouth. 5 I spoke once, but I have
  no answer twice, but I will say no more.

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• Job 407-14
•   7 "Brace yourself like a man I will
  question you, and you shall answer me. 8 "Would
  you discredit my justice? Would you condemn me to
  justify yourself?

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•  9 Do you have an arm like God's, and can your
  voice thunder like his? 10 Then adorn yourself
  with glory and splendour, and clothe yourself in
  honour and majesty. 11 Unleash the fury of your
  wrath, look at every proud man and bring him low,
  12 look at every proud man and humble him, crush
  the wicked where they stand.

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•  13 Bury them all in the dust together shroud
  their faces in the grave. 14 Then I myself will
  admit to you that your own right hand can save
  you.

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• 1. God is God
• Job 421-2
• Then Job replied to the LORD I know that
  you can do all things no plan of yours can be
  thwarted
• This book is about Gods sovereignty and how we
  respond.

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• 2. I am NOT God
• Job 423
• You asked, 'Who is this that obscures my
  counsel without knowledge?' Surely I spoke of
  things I did not understand, things too wonderful
  for me to know.

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• 3. Storms give me the opportunity to know God in
  deeper ways
• Job 425
• My ears had heard of you but now my eyes have
  seen you.

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• 4. Repent not rebel in the storms
• Job 426
• Therefore I despise myself and repent in dust
  and ashes.

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• 5. God blessed Job abundantly (4210-17)