Just Wait, Change Is On The Way.

Just Wait, Change is on the Way!!! Job 14:11-17

Let me start off this morning by asking you a question. Has anything CHANGED in your lifetime? I know that’s a silly question. Someone put on FACEBOOK the other day a picture of a phone booth and how that their mama always made sure they had a quarter in case of an emergency. I replied, “I remember when the phone company changed from a DIME to a QUARTER.” That was great because we would check all of the coin return holes for people who forgot to get their QUARTER instead of their DIME. Our kids will never know the THRILL of going down the line checking the pay phones for leftover change!!!There have been a lot of changes in my lifetime and most of you would agree with that statement.

Do I believe in CLIMATE CHANGE? ABSOLUTELY. The argument is, what causes it. I believe it’s cyclic and I believe GOD is in control of the WEATHER. The so-called “smart guys” tell us we have GLOBAL WARMING. All of the ICEBERGS and GLACIERS are going to melt and the sea is going to rise and flood Florida and 1/2 of Texas. I remember 40 years ago the “smart guys” told us we had GLOBAL COOLING. I honestly remember people talking about the 2nd ICE AGE that was coming. Well, I guess you figured out by now that it never happened.

But looking at the world today, I can say I don’t remember anytime in my life when there has been SO MUCH CHANGE in just a 2 year span. Our children have lived through these last couple of years and this PANDEMIC is something that they will never forget.

And so that is one thing I can guarantee you. Things are going to keep changing. Nothing stays the same here in this world. GOD IS THE ONLY ONE WHO NEVER CHANGES.

I’ve talked to a lot of folks in the hospital that were going through some really hard times. Some of them were in a lot of pain. And I’ve told them that some of the best words in the Bible are 5 simple words, “And it came to pass.” “It didn’t come to stay, it came to pass.” Because everything changes.

I love the book of Job because Job was a man who lived 4000 years ago but yet we can relate to him today. Here’s a guy who was living his life, doing a good job of it. Job 1:1 says a lot about him.

“There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.” ESCHEW means to avoid something. Job AVOIDED EVIL.

But yet BAD THINGS still came didn’t they? So let’s turn to the 14th Chapter of the Book of Job. If you remember I preached out of this passage 2 weeks ago. Verses 1-10.

But this morning I want to continue on by beginning at Verse 11 and then we’ll read through Verse 17. Let’s do that.

“As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:

12 So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.

13 O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!

14 If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.

15 Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands.

16 For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?

17 My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity.

As we read these Verses we hear a man who was #1, terribly depressed and for good reason. He had lost everything of value. His children and his possessions. His wife and friends were of NO COMFORT.

And #2, we hear a man who is in SEVERE PAIN. Boils from the top of his head to the bottom of his feet. No pain killers. No relief in sight. Just AGONY. But by his LOSS, DEPRESSION, and AGONY, God is able to speak to us through this man who lived 4000 years ago.

So before we get into the message let’s go to the Lord in prayer. Brother _______, would you lead us?

When it comes down to it, there is really NO HOPE for this PHYSICAL BODY. It is going to die and IN ITSELF it will never live again. Now listen, I do believe in the RESURRECTION. Jesus BOUGHT that for us on the Cross of Calvary. He HIMSELF rose again defeating DEATH, HELL and the GRAVE.