Who does the book of Job doesn't just point to Job? Christian parents can rejoice that Jesus stands as the ultimate example, even as they read the suffering of Job.

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Today's Passage: Job 16-21

Scripture Referenced:

Job 19

Psalm 22

1 Peter 2:19-22

Hebrews 12:2

Welcome to The Dwelling Place where

we believe that the presence of the

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Lord in our lives transforms us and

our dwellings with our families.

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I'm Stephanie Hickox, and this is

brought to you by Entrusted Ministries.

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As we continue in the Book of Job,

we'll look at chapter 16 through 21.

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I know it's a lot to cover, but because

it's written in a poetic format, these

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chapters go a little bit more quickly

than other portions of scripture.

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And if we're honest, we kind of wanna

get through all these accusations that

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job's friends are hurling against him.

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Initially, when I was

researching the Book of Job,

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I was sharing some of my insights with

my aunt and my boss, Betsy Corning.

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She's the executive director of Entrusted,

and she wrote the Biblical Parenting

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Study Entrusted with the Child's heart.

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I hope you'll look into it because I've

never seen a parenting study that is

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so biblical while remaining practical.

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Anyway, it turns out that Betsy and

I had been studying job at the same

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time, and she said to me, you know

what my biggest takeaway from job was?

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I.

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It was so obvious, but I'd

never thought about it before.

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It's that Jesus was the

perfect suffering servant.

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Isn't that a mic drop revelation?

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We look at the Book of

Job and we are in awe.

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Of what he endured, but

he does have weak moments.

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Truly, we have compassion on

him, but we can look to Jesus.

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Although he took on human

flesh, he lived a sinless life.

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Today I'm going to read a Passage of Job,

and then I'll look at a few scriptures

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that point us to the perfection of our

savior, i'll close by sharing a few

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examples of women that astound me with

their faith, and then I'll pray over you.

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We read Job's sixth speech in chapter

19, and it's full of despair.

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Then Job answered and said, how

long will you torment me and

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break me in pieces with words?

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These 10 times you have

cast reproach upon me.

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Are you not ashamed to wrong me?

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And even if it be true that I have aired.

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My error remains with myself.

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If indeed you magnify yourselves against

me and make my disgrace and argument

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against me, then know that God has put me

in the wrong and closed his net about me.

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Behold, I cry out violence,

but I am not answered.

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I call for help, but there is no justice.

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he has walled up my way so

that I cannot pass, and he has

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set darkness upon my paths.

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He has stripped me from my glory

and taken the crown from my head.

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He breaks me down on every

side and I am gone and my hope

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he has pulled up like a tree.

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He has kindled his wrath against

me and counts me as his adversary.

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His troops come on together, and

they cast up their sea ramp against

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me and en camp around my tent.

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He has put my brothers far

from me, and those who knew me

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are wholly estranged from me.

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My relatives have failed me.

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My close friends have forgotten me.

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The guests in my house and my maid

servants count me as a stranger.

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I have become a foreigner in their eyes.

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I call to my servant, but

he gives me no answer.

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I must plead with him

for my mouth for mercy.

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My breath is strange to my wife and I am

a stench to the children of my own mother.

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Even young children

despise me when I rise.

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They talk against me.

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All my intimate friends, AB whore me and

those whom I loved have turned against me.

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My bones stick to my skin

and to my flesh, and I have

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escaped by the skin of my teeth.

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Have mercy on me.

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Have mercy on me.

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Oh, you my friends.

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For the hand of God has touched me.

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Why do you like God?

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Pursue me.

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Why are you not satisfied with my flesh?

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Oh, that my words were written.

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Oh, that they were inscribed in a book.

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Oh, that with an iron pen and lead.

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They were engraved in the rock forever.

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For I know that my redeemer lives, and

at last he will stand upon the earth.

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And after my skin has thus been destroyed

yet in my flesh, I shall see God.

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This key verse I for, I know that

my redeemer lives, and at last

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he will stand upon the earth.

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There is a lot of debate over this,

but let me explain to you why I

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believe that God had given Job an

understanding about the Messiah, and

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that's what he's referring to here.

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Just as we read in Genesis three that God

had already promised he was going to send

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someone to save people from their sin.

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We get hints of it throughout scripture.

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First, the meaning of this word

redeemer seems to be messianic

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in nature in the cultures.

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Back then, if your property was in

danger of being lost or if someone

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needed to avenge a relative, they

look to the redeemer in the family.

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Next.

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We know that this is a living person.

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He says, I know my redeemer lives.

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And then he tells us he knows that the

redeemer will stand on the earth, but when

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that he will appear at the

last, which tells us Job knew

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he'd see him in the last days.

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And finally when he sees the redeemer,

he knows he will have seen God.

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Though job waivers.

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In his speeches, he does have

several statements that tell us he

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really did have hope of eternity

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here.

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In the midst of an otherwise

discouraging chapter, joe reaffirms

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that there is eternal hope.

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And this points me to the perfect

suffering servant Jesus Christ.

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On the cross, Jesus

began to quote Psalm 22.

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Many of the people standing by and even

cheering for the crucifixion would've

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had this portion of scripture memorized.

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And as Jesus began to quote it,

they had an opportunity to hear

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all of the Messianic prophecies

fulfilled right before their eyes.

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This Psalm begins, my God, my

God, why have you forsaken me?

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Why are you so far from saving

me from the words of my groaning?

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, I cry by day, but you do not answer.

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And by night, but I find no rest.

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Yet you are holy and on the praises of

Israel and you are father's trusted.

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They trusted and you

delivered them to you.

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They cried and were rescued and you,

they trusted, and were not put to

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shame, but I am a worm and not a man

scorned by mankind and despised by

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the people all who see me mock me.

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They make mouth at me.

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They wag their heads,

he trusts in the Lord.

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Let him deliver him.

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Let him rescue him,

for he delights in him.

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Yet you are he who took me from the womb.

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On you was I cast for my birth

and from my mother's womb.

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You have been, my God, be not

far from me, for trouble is

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near and there is none to help.

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He says, that they encircle him like wild

animals, and then I am poured out like

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water and all my bones are out of joint.

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My heart is like wax.

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My strength is dried up and

my tongue sticks to my jaws.

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They have pierced my hands and my feet.

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I can count all my bones.

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They stare and gloat over me.

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They divide my gum rids among them,

and for my clothing cast lots.

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But you oh Lord.

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Do not be far off.

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Oh, you my help.

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Come quickly to my aid,

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though.

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Written a thousand years before

Jesus walked the Earth, this clearly

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describes the death that he paid for us.

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One.

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Peter two describes

Jesus's suffering as well.

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Verse 19 begins for this is a

gracious thing, when mindful of God,

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one endures sorrows while suffering

unjustly but if when you do good

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and suffer for it, you endure.

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This is a gracious thing

in the sight of God.

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For to this you have been called

because Christ also suffered for

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you, leaving you an example so

that you might follow in his steps.

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He committed no sin.

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Neither was deceit found in his mouth.

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When he was reviled.

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He did not revile in

return when he suffered.

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He did not threaten, but

continued entrusting himself

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to him who judges justly.

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But why was Jesus able to endure so well?

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Scripture tells us that too.

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Hebrews 12 two look to Jesus, the

founder and perfecter of our faith,

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who for the joy that was set before

him, endured the cross, despising

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the shame, and is seated at the

right hand of the throne of God.

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Just like Job, we can say, I know

my redeemer lives, and at last

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he will stand upon the earth.

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As I think about suffering well and

in light of eternity, there are three

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friends I have the utmost respect for.

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All three have recently lost sons,

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and all three continue to serve

the Lord mightily, although none

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of them understand why the Lord

has allowed this unbearable pain.

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All of them have chosen to

stay steadfast to their savior.

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One helps lead the prayer team and

my homeschool group every week.

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She faithfully prays for

every family by name.

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She never minimizes another person's

struggle or elevates her own

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pain, but she enters in with all.

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And she chooses Christ even when

he asks more of her than she

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ever thought she had to give.

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Another is a pastor's wife who leads

worship at her church and though she'll

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honestly admit that there are some

songs that are too difficult to sing,

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yet she can continues to lead her

congregation and honesty and praise.

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Another, barely took a pause after

her son's passing and has led

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Entrusted with the child's heart

groups to minister to other parents.

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She also teaches preschool and constantly

looks for ways to encourage and bless

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the kids and parents around her.

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None of us wants to experience what

they have, but I do find comfort

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that as they've pressed into Jesus,

he has helped them stand for him.

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I know some of these lessons feel very

heavy with Job but I hope we're pointed

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to persevering well for the Lord.

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What is the Lord called

you to in this season?

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Are you persevering in the

mundane and feeling unseen,?

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Are you treading waters wherever

you're at, keep your eyes on Jesus.

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He lives and he sees you.

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Lord Jesus, as we ponder this

difficult topic of suffering.

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Once again, we thank you that you are our

perfect example on this earth, that in

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every situation you were without sin and

you understand the difficulties we face.

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Thank you that you came to

dwell with us and took on flesh.

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So that when we are struggling and

weak, we know that we have a high priest

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who sympathizes with our weaknesses,

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help us to not promise to our children

that when we obey, everything will go

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right on this earth, but may we display

for them and embrace in our own lives that

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walking with you and having your presence

is the greatest gift we could imagine.

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And if there's anyone that hasn't made

this commitment, pray with me right

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now, Lord Jesus, I know I am a sinner.

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I know there is nothing that I

can do to solve this problem.

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I thank you that you died on the

cross defeating sin and restoring

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my relationship to the father.

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I embrace your sacrifice on my

behalf, and I choose to live for you.

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It's in your mighty name, we pray Jesus.

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Amen.