WHEN HOPE IS GONE
Job
17:1-16
It has been said“That a person can live three minutes without air, three days without water, three weeks without food, but not one second without hope.” Job was at this point in his life as he responds to Eliphaz! Here is a man, who seems to have lost all hope; and the only escape of his suffering, is death. Job has lost the will to live and he was now ready to die.
What brought Job to this point?
Was it the loss of his children? Was it the lack of support from his wife? Was it his friends who came with harsh words and accusations?
I believe they all have their part in Job’s outlook of life…. But the answer to that question is that Job had taken his eyes off the Lord. Job no longer believed that God was working for his good. Job believed that God was working against him. It shouldn’t surprise us that Job, or anyone one of us, wouldn’t do the same. Remember what Job said previously leading up to his response to Eliphaz. “Why did I not perish at birth, and die as I came from the w…
It has been said“That a person can live three minutes without air, three days without water, three weeks without food, but not one second without hope.” Job was at this point in his life as he responds to Eliphaz! Here is a man, who seems to have lost all hope; and the only escape of his suffering, is death. Job has lost the will to live and he was now ready to die.
What brought Job to this point?
Was it the loss of his children? Was it the lack of support from his wife? Was it his friends who came with harsh words and accusations?
I believe they all have their part in Job’s outlook of life…. But the answer to that question is that Job had taken his eyes off the Lord. Job no longer believed that God was working for his good. Job believed that God was working against him. It shouldn’t surprise us that Job, or anyone one of us, wouldn’t do the same. Remember what Job said previously leading up to his response to Eliphaz. “Why did I not perish at birth, and die as I came from the w…
