Job 32:1-12 (MSG)
Job's three friends now fell silent. They were talked out, stymied because Job wouldn't budge an inch—wouldn't admit to an ounce of guilt.
2 Then Elihu lost his temper. (Elihu was the son of Barakel the Buzite from the clan of Ram.) He blazed out in anger against Job for pitting his righteousness against God's.
3 He was also angry with the three friends because they had neither come up with an answer nor proved Job wrong.
4 Elihu had waited with Job while they spoke because they were all older than he.
5 But when he saw that the three other men had exhausted their arguments, he exploded with pent-up anger.
6 This is what Elihu, son of Barakel the Buzite, said: "I'm a young man, and you are all old and experienced. That's why I kept quiet and held back from joining the discussion.
7 I kept thinking, 'Experience will tell. The longer you live, the wiser you become.'
8 But I see I was wrong—it's God's Spirit in a person, the breath of the Almighty One, that makes wise human insight possible.
9 The experts have no corner on wisdom; getting old doesn't guarantee good sense.
10 So I've decided to speak up. Listen well! I'm going to tell you exactly what I think.
11 "I hung on your words while you spoke, listened carefully to your arguments. While you searched for the right words,
12 I was all ears. And now what have you proved? Nothing. Nothing you say has even touched Job.
THE WORD OF GOD FOR THE CHILDREN OF GOD
(THE DANGER OF LISTENING TO BAD ADVICE)
MY BROTHERS AND MY SISTERS
THE STORY OF JOB SEEMS TO BE SAD SAGA WITH NO END IN SIGHT
BECAUSE JOB IS DEALING WITH PROBLEMS AFTER PROBLEMS
AND EVEN WHEN YOU HEAR THE WORDS OF JOB
THE CONCEPT OF BEING BIPOLAR COMES TO MIND `
BECAUSE SOME DAYS HE SEEMS TO BE BOTH ENCOURAGED AND CONVINCED THAT GOD IS WORKING HIS SITUATION OUT FOR THE GOOD
THEN THERE ARE OTHER DAYS WHEN IT SEEMS THAT JOB IS ON VERGE THE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN
IN OTHER WORDS
THE SAME JOB IN CHAPTER 1 WHO WORSHIP GOD
JOB THE ONE WHO WAS BOUNCING BACK FROM HIS SETBACK
THE SAME JOB WHO SAID THE LORD GIVES AND THE LORD TAKETH AWAY
IS THE SAME JOB IN CHAPTER 32 WHO IS UNABLE TO KEEP HIS HEAD IN THE RACE CALL LIFE
AND ALL OF US IF THE TRUTH BE TOLD
UNDERSTANDS HOW JOB FEELS
BECAUSE IN THE TEXT BEFORE US JOB IS FED UP WITH HIS FRIENDS
HE HAS LOST HIS FAMILY AND THE ONLY ONE LEFT IS HIS WIFE AND SHE`S TALKING CRAZY
JOB HAS NO WORDS FOR GOD OR HIS FRIENDS AND HIS PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE GETTING WORSER INSTEAD OF BETTER
HIS FINANCES ARE NOT GETTING BETTER
HIS BEHAVIOR IS NOT GETTING BETTER
MARRIAGE NOT GETTING BETTER
PAIN IS NOT GETTING BETTER
HIS OVERALL PROBLEM IS NOT GETTING ANY BETTER
AND JOB IS NOT IN THIS BOAT ALONE
BECAUSE IT`S SOMEONE HERE UNDER THE SOUND OF MY WEAK VOICE
AND YOU ARE IN THE MIDIST OF A SITUATION
AND IT SEEMS AS IF YOUR SIUATION IS NOT GETTING ANY BETTER
BUT I STOP BY ________ THIS MORNING /EVENING TO LET YOU KNOW
NO MATTER HOW BAD YOUR SITUATION LOOKS TO YOU
GOD ALWAYS HAS A WORD FOR YOUR SITUATION
YOU SEE SOME PEOPLE COME TO THE WORSHIP EXPERIENCE FOR FELLOWSHIP
SOME COMES TO BE CUTEY ON DUTY
AND I DON`T KNOW ABOUT YOU
BUT I COME BECAUSE I NEED A WORD FROM THE LORD
AND DON`T GET IT TWISTED UP IN HERE ....UP IN HERE
BECAUSE I LOVE THE FELLOWSHIP
I LOVE THE PRAYING AND SINGING
BUT I`M HERE BECAUSE I NEED A WORD FROM GOD FOR MY SITUATION
BECAUSE IF THE TRUTH BE TOLD
THE BEST ADVICE I EVER HEARD CAME FROM THE WORD OF GOD
ADVICE LIKE
Proverbs 3:5-6 (KJV)
5 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
ADVICE LIKE
Psalm 37:25 (KJV)
25 I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.
ADVICE LIKE
1 John 4:4 (KJV)
4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
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ONE OF THE PROBLEMS THAT JOB IS DEALING WITH IN THE TEXT BEFORE US
HIS SO CALLED FRIENDS ARE TRYING TO GIVE HIM SOME BAD ADVICE
BUT A YOUNG MAN COMES ON THE SCENE NAME ELIHU
EVEN THOUGH ELIHU IS YOUNGER THAN JOB AND HIS FRIENDS
HE EVEN ADMIT THAT HE DOSE`NT HAVE THE WISDOM OF JOB AND HIS FRIENDS
BUT WHEN YOU GO TO VERSE 4 IN THE TEXT
ELIHU SAYS OUT OF RESPECT FOR HIS ELDERS
I HAVE WAITED FOR MY TURN TO SPEAK
AND THAT`S A WORD FOR SOMEBODY THIS MORNING/EVENING
BECAUSE ELIHU TEACHES US THAT SOMETIMES
WE MUST KNOW WHEN TO SPEAK AND KNOW WHEN TO WAIT
AND BECAUSE ELIHU WAITED HIS TURN
HE ALSO TEACHES US
THAT GOD IN HIS OWN APPOINTED TIME
WILL GIVE ALL OF US OUR TIME AND OUR TURN
THAT`S WHY WE SHOULD`NT BE ENIVIOUS OR JEALOUS WHEN IT`S SOMEBODY ELSE`S TURN
AND THE REASON WHY IS
WE SERVE A GOD WHO IS A EQUAL OPPORTUNITY GOD
IN OTHER WORDS
WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN PRAYING --BELIEVING AND WAITING FOR
JUST BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN DELAYED DOSE`NT MEAN IT`S BEEN DENIED
THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS
YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE THE PROMOTION YET
THATS DELAYED ----- NOT DENIED
EVEN THE EAGLE EYED PROPHET ISAIAH REVEALS TO US THAT
Isaiah 40:28-31 (KJV)
28 Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.
29 He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.
30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
31 But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
AND ELIHU TEACHES US IF WE WANT GOD TO BLESS OUR SITUATION
WE HAVE TO LEARN HOW TO WAIT ON GOD
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WELL NOT ON DO WE HAVE TO WAIT ON GOD
BUT ELIHU ALSO TEACHES US THAT WE HAVE TO FAITH IT OUT
BECAUSE WHEN YOU GO TO VERSE 6 IN THE TEXT
EVEN THOUGH ELIHU WAS YOUNGER THAN JOB AND HIS FRIENDS
HE FELT LIKE HE WAS A NOVICE WITH GERBER ON HIS BREATH AND SIMALAC BEHIND HIS EARS
BUT HE HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE ADVICE JOB FRIENDS WAS GIVING HIM
AS WELL AT WAY JOB WAS TALKING TO GOD
EVEN THOUGH HE WAS YOUNGER AND SCARED TO SPEAK
HE TEACHES US A LESSON ON HOW TO WALK BY FAITH AND NOT BY SIGHT
AS WELL WHEN GOD GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY
WE HAVE TO STEP OUT OF THE BOX THAT OTHERS HAVE TRIED TO LOCK US IN
AND IF THE TRUTH BE TOLD MANY OF US HAVE BECOME COMFORTABLE INSIDE THE BOX
BUT WHEN WE FAITH IT OUT
AND STEP OUTSIDE THE BOX
WE WILL LEARN THE DIFFERENT BETWEEN FACTS AND FAITH
BECAUSE YOU DO KNOW THAT
FAITH WILL LEAD YOU IN A WAY THAT FACTS DON`T UNDERSTAND
YOU SEE FACTS SAYS YOU HAVE CANCER
BUT FAITH SAYS CANCER DOSE`NT HAVE YOU
FACTS SAYS YOU HAVE MORE BILLS THAN MONEY
BUT FAITH SAYS MY GOD SHALL SUPPLY ALL MY NEEDS ACORDING TO HIS RICHES IN GLORY
AND I WONDER IS THERE ANYBODY HERE THIS MORNING/EVENING
WHO EVER HAD TO FAITH IT OUT
GET OUT OF THE BOX AND TRUST IN THE LORD
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WELL NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE TO FAITH IT OUT AND GET OUT OF THE BOX AND TRUST IN THE LORD
BUT ELIHU ALSO TEACHES US THAT GOD WILL SOMETIME USE A STRANGER TO BLESS YOU
YOU SEE ----EVEN THOUGH ELIHU SHOWS UP OUT OF NO WHERE
BUT WHEN HE CAME ON THE SCENE
HE CAME WITH THE MINISTRY OF HELPS
EVEN WHEN ALL THE ODDS WAS AGAINST HIM
BECAUSE HE WAS YOUNG AND DID`NT HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH JOB OR HIS FRIENDS
IN OTHER WORDS HE IS A STRANGER
EVEN THOUGH HE IS A STRANGER
HE REMINDS JOB THAT GOD IS STILL GOD
AND NO MATTER WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT YOU
THEY CAN`T STOP WHAT GOD IS GOING TO DO THROUGH YOU
AND YOU DO KNOW THAT GOD WILL USE A STRANGER TO BLESS YOU
BECAUSE WE SERVE A GOD WHO USES UNLIKELY PEOPLE
YOU SEE WHO WOULD HAVE EVER THOUGHT
GOD WOULD HAVE USE A BOY NAME JOSEPH
WHO WAS HATED ON BECAUSE A COAT OF MANY COLORS HE DID`NT EVEN ASK FOR
WHO WOULD HAVE EVER THOUGHT THAT GOD COULD USE SOMEONE LIKE MOSES
WHO COULD`NT EVEN TALK WITHOUT STUTTERING
TO LEAD THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL OUT OF EGYPT
WHO WOULD HAVE EVER THOUGHT
THAT GOD WOULD PUT HIS SON ON HEAVENS ELEVATOR
AND SEND HIM DOWN THROUGH 42 GENERATIONS
AND THE BOTTOM FLOOR WOULD BE A VIRGIN FROM THE GHETTO NAME MARY
YOU SEE HE WAS BORN IN BETHELHEM
REARED IN NAZARETH
BAPTIZED IN THE JORDAN
BETRAYED BY ONE OF HIS OWN
LED UP A MOUNTIAN CALL CALVARY
AND NAILED TO AN OLD RUGGED CROSS
DIED ON THAT CROSS
BUT I`M GLAD THAT IS NOT HOW THE STORY ENDS
BECAUSE HE WAS PLACE IN A BORROWED TOMB
BUT EARLY THAT 3RD DAY MORNING
HE GOT UP WITH ALL POWER IN HIS HANDS
AND BECAUSE HE GOT UP I GOT SOME ADVICE YOU NEED TO REMEMBER
AND THAT ADVICE IS ------ HE LIVES
OH -------HE LIVES
ANYBODY KNOW HE LIVES
AND BECAUSE HE LIVES
I GOT CLAPPING IN MY HANDS
RUNNING IN MY FEET
SHOUTING IN MY SPIRIT
PRAISE ON MY LIPS
A SONG IN MY MOUTH
AND JOY IN MY HEART
AIN`T GOD ALRIGHT
