(I Don`t Look Like What I`ve Been Thru )

Job 42:10 (KJV)

10  And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.

THE WORD OF GOD FOR THE CHILDREN OF GOD

VERY BRIEFLY I WANT TO REASON WITH YOU ON THE THOUGHT

(I DON`T LOOK LIKE WHAT I`VE BEEN THRU )

MY BROTHERS AND MY SISTERS

IF THERE WAS ANY BIBLICAL CHARACTER IN SCRIPTURE

THAT EVERY HAD A REASON

TO JUST RESIGN FROM LIFE

AND LIVE FOREVER IN TOTAL RESENTMENT FOR THE REST OF THERE DAYS

IT WAS JOB

BECAUSE THE STORY OF JOB IS A UNFOLDING DRAMA

OF UNBELIEVEABLE TROUBLE ,TRIALS TRAGEDY , AND TRIBULATION

AND THE REASON WHY IS

JOB HAS BEEN ASSAULTED BY THE UNCERTAINTIES OF LIFE

AND AFFLICITED BY UNPLANNED HEALTH ISSUES

AS WELL EXPERIENCE ANY PARENTS NIGHTMARE

WHEN HE STOOD AT THE GRAVESITE OF HIS CHILDREN TO BURY THEM

HE EVEN HAD TO DEAL WITH A NAGGING WIFE

WHO HAD STOP DRINKING GATORADE AND STARTED DRINKING HATORADE

BY TELLING HIM TO BE A REAL MAN

AND STAND UP AND LOOK TOWARD HEAVEN AND CURSE GOD AND DIE

THEN HIS SO CALLED FRIENDS SHOWS UP TO BE A SOURCE OF COMFORT

BUT WAS REALLY A DISCOMFORT

BECAUSE THEY TRIED TO CONVINCE JOB

THAT HIS PRESENT SITUATION WAS BECAUSE OF HIS PAST SINS

IN OTHER WORDS

JOB IS BANKRUPT

HE HAS LOT EVERYTHING

HE`S NO LONGER THE ADMIRED AND CLEBRATED MAN OF UZ

AND IF YOU WILL ALLOW ME ME TO USE MY SANTIFIED IMAGANATION

BECAUSE EVEN WHEN HE WALKS THE STREETS OF UZ

PEOPLE WHISPER INSTEAD OF SPEAKING

AND THE REASON WHY IS

BECAUSE THEY CAN`T UNDERTAND OR COMPREHEND HOW HE`S ENDURING ALL OF THE TRAGEDY AT ONE TIME

BECAUSE THEY KNOW HIS LIFE HAS BEEN SHAKEN TO THE CORE

AND THAT HE HAS SEEN THE TRESHOLD OF DEATH AND DESTRUCTION

BUT THE FABRIC OF THIS TEXT BEFORE IS TAILORED TO TEACH US

THAT THERE HURTS IN LIFE

THAT CANNOT AND WILL NOT BE UNDONE IN TERMS OF OUR ON ACTIONS

BECAUSE THERE ARE THINGS WRITTEN ON THE PAGES OF EACH OUR LIVES

THAT NO ERASER CAN REMOVE

IN OTHER WORDS

THERE ARE LOSSES WE ALL HAVE EXPERIENCE

THAT CAN NEVER BE REPLACE

THERE ARE LOST MOMENTS THAT CAN NEVER BE RECAPTURED

THERE ARE HEARTACHES ,HEADACHES AND MEMORIES OF THE PAST

THAT WILL LIVE WITH US FOR THE REST OF OUR LIVES

BUT IN THE MIDIST OF IT ALL WE MUST ALWAYS REMEMBER

THAT GOD IS IN THE RESTORATION BUSSINESS

(THAT`S WHY YOU OUGHT TO LOOK AT) (YOUR NEIGHBOR AN TELL THEM)

I DON`T LOOK LIKE WHAT I`VE BEEN THROUGH

EVEN THOUGH

THERE ARE SOME KNOTS WE TIE IN LIFE

THAT CANNOT BE UN TIED

EVEN THOUGH WE ALL GOT SCARS FROM THE PAST THAT WE HAVE TO LIVE WITH THE REST OF OUR LIVES

BUT IN THE MIDIST OF IT ALL

GOD IS STILL IN THE RESTORATION BUSSINESS

(AND I DON`T LOOK LIKE WHAT I`VE) (BEEN THROUGH)

NOTICE ....NOTICE.....NOTICE

WHAT THE TEXT SAYS

10 And the LORD turned the captivity of Job,

IN OTHER WORD

IN THE MIDIST OF HIS SUFFERING

JOB PRAYED FOR HIS SO CALL FRIENDS

AND THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS

SOME OF THE BEST MEDICINE WE CAN INDULGE IN THE MIDIST OF SUFFERING IS PRAYER

BECAUSE SUFFERING ,TRIALS AND TRIBULATION

OFTEN MAKE THROW A PITY PARTY

INSTEAD OF A PRAYER AND PRAISE PARTY

BECAUSE SUFFERING ,TRIALS AND TRIBULATION

MAKES US SELF CENTERED

BUT IF YOU WANT YOUR SITUATION TO GET BETTER

IF YOU WANT TO SEE YOUR SITUATION TURN AROUND

WE MUST REMAIN GOD CENTERED

BECAUSE The phrase “turned the captivity”

Means that God restored Job’s life and fortune.

NOTICE When did the Lord did this?

“WHEN he prayed for his so called friends.”

THE LORD GAVE HIM TWICE AS MUCH HE HAD BEFORE

EVEN THOUGH JOB LOST NEARLY EVERYTHING IN HIS TROUBLE

BUT GOD GAVE IT BACK WITH GREAT INTEREST

BUT AS I CLOSE

IT`S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND

THAT JOB`S GREATEST BLESSING WAS NOT THE REGAINING

OF HIS HEALTH OR WEALTH

NOR WAS HIS GREATEST BLESSING REBUILDING HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS

BUT HIS GREATEST BLESSING WAS KNOWING GOD BETTER

AND COMING OUT HIS SUFFERING ,TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS WITH A TESTIMONY

( I DON`T LOOK LIKE WHAT I`VE BEEN THROUGH

AND I WONDER IS THERE ANYBODY HERE THIS MORNING/EVENING

WHO GOT A

I DON`T LOOK LIKE WHAT I`VE BEEN THROUGH TESTIMONY

BECAUSE IF THE LORD HAS BEEN YOUR BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER

IF THE LORD DONE SEEN YOU THROUGH TROUBLED SEEN AND UNSEEN

IF THE LORD HAS BEEN

YOUR DOCTOR IN YOUR SICK ROOM

YOUR LAWYER IN YOUR COURTROOM

A COMPANY KEEPER IN YOUR LONELY HOUR

YOU OUGHT TO LOOK AT YOUR TELL THEM

I DON`T LOOK LIKE WHAT I`VE BEEN THROUGH

AIN`T GOD ALRIGHT

I SAY AIN`T GOD ALRIGHT

CAN I TELL YOU WHY I KNOW HE`S ALRIGHT