Job 1

"Making Sense of Pain and Loss" - Job 1

Back, by popular demand.....and because I believe the Holy Spirit is guiding us here as well.....we will begin our study in the book of Job!

This is such an important study, as it deal with the life of a good man who had a bad day. And then another bad day. In fact, his life goes from bad to worse in record time. Now Job is left to try to make sense out of his suffering.

As if losing his fortune and family was not bad enough, his friends show up to rub salt in his wounds. When Job needed compassion, his friends became his accusers. And it makes sense.....because God can't be wrong in punishing Job, can He?

In their faulty theology, all of these calamities must be Job's fault! But Job disagrees, insisting on his innocence and eventually demanding an audience with God to explain His seeming incompetence in running a just world.

God eventually chimes in to set everyone, including Job, straight. But for most of the book we watch the dialogue as they all try to process Job's experience and suffering, in all the wrong ways.

If you have ever asked the question, "Why me"? If you have suffered and are still trying to heal from the trauma. If you have ever felt like God was at best, absent, and at worst, causing your suffering.....YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE BOOK OF JOB, so...

...VIEW.....AND......SEE!

Steve