Even Though Moments That Result In Triumph Series

Introduction

HOW DO I STRUGGLE WITH THIS?

In Job 14:1 I am told “Man who is born of woman Is of few days and full of trouble.” Oh, how I wished that this Scripture could have said: “Man who is born of woman Is of many days and full of triumphs.” But if it did, it would not be reality. The truth is life is short, and we fall into way too many potholes along the way. Live life for any length of time and you realize how true that statement is: “life is full of trouble.”

Job has long gone the way of his ancestors to the grave. But as he is remembered thousands of years later, it is not for his triumphs but for his troubles. And no doubt about it, Job had troubles. Looking back at his life, it is easy to spot some of Job’s troubles. He lost his family and his fortunate, his body ached with sores, and his friends turned on him. But in the mist of all those troubles, Job mustered together one spiritual triumph that in my mind overcame all the troubles that he endured. I don’t see Job as a man of trouble. I see Job as a man of triumph even though he had troubles.

Listen to this amazing statement of triumph. And it is found in Job 13:15 (NKJV)

15 Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him. (My paraphrase: Though the Lord take my life, I will still trust Him)

Do you know what that means to me? If I find myself in the midst of troubles, and if I can just muster one spiritual triumph it can overcome all the troubles that I am enduring. The problem for me and possibly for you is that it is easy to blame God for our troubles. If He didn’t bring my troubles on me directly at the very least, He didn’t try to stop them. Job refused to think that way instead choice to trust God through his troubles. In Job’s even though moment, he found triumph.

I want to find triumph in my even though moments, and I am sure that want the same thing for your life. If you do, we must muster that spiritual triumph in the midst of our troubles. So, I want to look closely how Job grabbed triumph out of troubles. My hope is that this sermon will be a life changer for me and for you.

2. Point #1

WHAT DOES THE BOOK OF JOB SAY ABOUT TRIUMPH OVER TROUBLES?

If am going to have a spiritual triumph over my troubles, I got to know God personally.

Job 19:25-26 (NKJV)

25 For I know that my Redeemer lives, And He shall stand at last on the earth;

26 And after my skin is destroyed, this I know, That in my flesh I shall see God,

Knowing about God will never be enough to have a spiritual triumph over my troubles. To know someone who has a relationship with God will never be enough to have a spiritual triumph over my troubles. Job says that I know my Redeemer lives. You cannot get any more personal than to say someone is my redeemer. It says that we have a one-on-one relationship. We have a bond. Job says that God and me, we have a bond together.

And Job is certain of that bond. He says I know. Little Jade, Jeremey and Arianna child, I will always come up to her, cross my fingers and tell her that we are that close. And I will tell her that we have that special bond. But you know what she does when I do that, she runs away. So, I must think to myself I hope we are that close; I guess that we are that close, but I cannot know for sure because her actions don’t tell me that we are that close. And unfortunately, a lot of Christians are like that when you ask them about their relationship with God. Not sure, but not Job, he knew.

Job says that God actions toward me tells me that He is that close. Job says that God has not deserted me in my troubles. My friends have deserted me, but God didn’t me in my times of troubles. And Job says in my times of troubles, my salvation was never in question. In verse 26, Job says that I will see God.

Believe me, there is something personal going on between Job and God. I wonder if it can be said about you, that you have something personal going on between you and God.

3 Point #2

WHAT DOES THE BOOK OF JOB SAY ABOUT TRIUMPH OVER TROUBLES?

If I am going to have spiritual triumph over my troubles, I got to believe that God is active in my life, and He is always seeking my best good.