Waverly Church of Christ

Tonight, we are entering what is perhaps the darkest part of all the book of Job.  As you may remember, Job, by God’s own declaration was a man who “was blameless, upright, fearing God and turning away from evil” (Job 1:2). It was also God who told Satan, “there is no one like him on the earth” (Job 1:8). In addition to being a godly individual, we are told that he was “the greatest of all the men of the east” with “7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female donkeys and very many servants” (Job 1:3).  We might also add that he had been blessed with a large family — “seven sons and three daughters” (Job 1:2). However, Satan told God that if all this was taken away, he would curse God to His face (Job 1:11). God allowed Satan to carry out his plan and in one day it was all taken away from him by either being killed or stolen. Finally, Job speaks, but the words which come from his lips are harsh, not toward his friends, but toward his situation. Here in chapter three, we find Job desiring three things: a. Regretting he was ever been born (vv. 1-10) b. Wishing he had died at birth (vv. 11-19) c. Longing to die (vv. 20-26) What does God do? What should we do?