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Job 36:8-9
8 And if they be bound ['acar] in fetters [ziyqah ], and
be holden [lakad] in cords [chebel] of affliction [`oniy];
9 Then he sheweth [nagad] them their work [po`al],
and their transgressions [pesha`] that they
have exceeded [gabar]. KJV-Interlinear
8 'And if they are bound in
fetters, And are caught in the cords of affliction, 9 Then He declares to them their work And
their transgressions, that they have magnified themselves. NASB
At any given point in time, we can all find ourselves
in a heap of trouble. Our trouble could
be social, financial, medical, emotional, even criminal. But any given bit of
trouble does not mean that God has or will consider the less of us.
Here Elihu emphasizes the direness of life.
In every case of the human condition, God makes clear
our situation with regard to His policies for humanity and for you personally.
Your situation does not mean that you have failed and
are being punished as a result. This is the devils world and trouble is a
natural part of that world. This is a
temporal world and there are natural laws that control it.
There is nowhere that you can go to escape it
completely.
You can get caught up in a storm, an accident, defects
of birth. You can get caught up in the
social scene and ostracized. You can get
caught up in the flaws of your own thoughts.
All of the trouble that you will face in this world
comes from four general sources - from your thoughts, from other people, from bureaucracies
or the many systems in the world, and from disasters of a physical or natural
kind.
The natural laws of life - from birth to death will
catch you sooner or later. The devils
world of evil is geared to destroy anything which pursues truth, prosperity,
happiness, success, security, authority, principles of estrablishment and so
forth.
God always makes life clear. Most people unfortunately do not listen to
life. The folks in the news the other
day, who prayed for a cure for their child (who died), did not listen to truth
(medical help was readily available).
God has provided many hospitals, doctors, medicines, medical procedures,
etc. for us to use in our contemporary day.
God has never taught 'wishing' for things when He has
already made provision. Go to school, get
a job, make an effort, do something with the things you have. Don't sit back and do nothing, ignoring all
that you have, wishing for yet another miracle that will never come.
Don't magnify your distaste for truth, don't magnify
your disregard for truth. That is simply
stubbornness from arrogance and that leads only to disappointment and disaster
or loss.
For every situation, God always provides a way
out. You just have to be willing to look
(responsibly) for it.
Now is the time to post a prayer.
End Of Lesson
Study to show thyself approved (mature) unto God, a workman that needs not to be ashamed, rightly dividing (studying/discerning), the Word of truth.
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