Pain, an intricate sculptor of emotions, wields its power over us. Through its harsh chisel, we give voice to our most poignant sorrows. Every one of us, in a moment of soulful plea, has beseeched the heavens, praying not to be met with disdain. As descendants of the divine, we witness the Lord's hand raising the sinful, while humbling us to forge our ultimate betterment. Those in Christ have the confidence of forgiveness as Gregory the Great wrote in his Morals of the Book of Job 9.69-70 this,
“In his heart, he questions the Judge with the
result that under his visitation he is full of doubt about the merit of life.
However, when the goodness of his life is brought before the eyes of the mind,
it is as the Judge gave comfort to the answer whereby he never strikes to
destroy but strikes sustain the innocency of life and conduct.(A Library of Fathers of the Holy Catholic Church Anterior to the
Division of the East and West 18:545-46)
God created each one of us in our mother's womb. Life is a gift of God but so is suffering. He sees sinn but forgives it, also. Everyone asks why they were born. Our witness is the Lord. Man's days are few, but the Lord acts in them. Those in Yeshua when they die will be in heaven.
Pain knows
no reason. Idle talk will silence no one. Our ways are not God's ways. We claim
that we don't deserve what we get. If we repent and put our trust in Yeshua, we
can have peace with the Lord.We can never discover the mysteries of God as the
Israel Bible states on Job 11 this:
However, as Moshe
is told, we cannot comprehend the ways of God and might never understand the
answer to this question as long as we are living. Today as we struggle with
both a pandemic and social unrest – both on scales never seen before – we must
understand that through all the struggles and pains that we go through, we are
only growing stronger and more worthy of
blessing. (August 17, 2023
https://theisraelbible.com/mystery-of-the-almighty/ February 26,2021)
Wisdom
dies with the wise. All people have an opinion when it comes to suffering.
Chysostom wrote in his “commentary on Job 13.4-5, “ Indeed, when senseless
words are spoken. It is better to remain in silence, and in being silent, one
will show greater wisdom then speaking.(Patristische Texte und Studien 35:109)
Those who suffer are belittled objects. Pain ignores integrity. The West has a
contempt for pain. Wicked appear to prosper as they appear to be secure.
Only
nature will tell the truth of God as Job 12:8-9 states "Or speak to the
earth, and let it teach you; And let the fish of the sea declare to you. Who
among all these does not know That the hand of the LORD has done this” NASU The
Lord is sovereign. The attributes of the Mystical YHVH are pitying the sinner,
gracing the repentant, ruling, sympathizing to suffering, loving concern, long-suffering,
abounding in mercy, verifying, remembering human merit, understanding,
forgiving, atoning, and seeing guilt. .
We all
have seen pain an understand it. We must humble ourselves before God and man.
John Calvin preached this in Sermons by Master John Calvin Upon the Book
of Job in his sermon “The xlix Sermon Which Is the First Upon the
Thirteenth Chapter:”
“Wherefore let every man think upon his own infirmities and sins: and
that will make us to stoup, and to esteem those whom we have presumptuously
shaken off:& let us be afraid to do God any wrong by dispelling such as are
not utterly destitute of his gracious gifts .”
(Line 60-65 Pg 227 Arther Golding
1574 Lucus Harris)
Talk to
God in your distress. The Lord brings pain. Man speaks unjustly and condemns
wrongly. Maxims are meaningless. All people like to judge. Death does not
destroy a believer. In suffering we have hope in our Messiah as Job stated in
Job 19:25-26, “As for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, And at the last He
will take His stand on the earth. Even after my skin is destroyed,Yet from my
flesh I shall see God;” NASU Suffering demands cause. There are times The
Lord's face is hidden.
We are dry
branches without Him. All must treble at His Name. All humans are bound to
death. Man, born of woman, has limited days like a flower in the sun. We are
born out of impurity. God has fixed the number of our days. Unlike plants that
re-sprouts, when we die, we wait until the End of Days.
Wind does
not bring wisdom. Sin teaches our mouths to speak artistically. Our mouths
stand in judgment against us. We are not the first ones to experience pain.
Wisdom is not limited to one man. We drink the waters of injustice. God hides
His purity from us. The wicked have pain though evil screaming in their ears.
Those who stretch their hand against the lord will be judged.
Because
Sherman ordered his men to rape civilian with the exact wording of the order
saying "Death is Mercy, and the
quicker he or she is disposed of the better." US Army raping became the
cause of the War of American Aggression regardless of the Emancipation
Proclamation so s the the friend who judges another in pain. Our suffering is
our own. We are surrounded by those who hat us as Micah wrote in Micah 7:5 “Do
not trust in a neighbor; Do not have confidence in a friend. From her who lies
in your bosom Guard your lips.” NASU
The more we speak, the more we hurt. In his
anger, the Lord brings suffering. He holds our bodies. I accept my fate before
the Lord. I accept His fate for me.
I ask ChatGPT to write a poem of Job and here it is:
In ancient lands where wisdom's light did
shine,
A tale of trials and faith, divine,
The Book of Job, a story told,
Of suffering and a spirit bold.
A man named Job, so just and true,
Faced trials that only the heavens knew,
His wealth and health were stripped away,
Yet still he knelt and chose to pray.
With friends who came, both wise and
proud,
They spoke of sin, their voices loud,
But Job, he questioned, sought to find,
The reason for his troubled mind.
He cried to heavens, asked his God,
"Why am I crushed beneath this rod?
What have I done to earn this pain,
This suffering that consumes like
rain?"
The whirlwind came, a mighty voice,
A tempest's answer, a divine choice,
"Where were you, Job, when earth was
laid,
When stars and seas in beauty
swayed?"
With humbled heart, Job bowed his head,
He saw his limits, as truth was spread,
For in his trials, he found a key,
To deeper faith and mystery.
The Book of Job, a timeless song,
Of strength in trials, though days be
long,
A lesson learned through tears and fire,
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