Struggling With Unanswered Prayer

PRAYER - "Struggling With Unanswered Prayer"

Job pleaded with his friends to stop attacking him. He was overwhelmed, and struggling to make sense of his trials. He rehearsed all the prayers he had prayed, and all the efforts he had made to correct his mistakes and persuade God to deliver him from his plight. Sooner or later, we all get the feeling that God does not care or is not listening. But God IS listening. Just hold on a little longer, and you will see.

Job 19:7 - "Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment."

PRINCIPLES - "The Wicked Condemn The Righteous"

Even after Job begged for mercy, Zophar resumed his verbal assault. Job's friends were viciously determined to prove that Job was a dirty rotten sinner and would never escape the wrath of God. This is an amazing state of mind for men who had never seen or heard of a Bible, never heard a preacher, seen a tabernacle, or had any organized religion. That sounds like multitudes of godless people in our day who viciously condemn righteous men.

Job 20:29 - "This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God."

PROPHECIES - "Job Speaks Of Life After Death And Coming Redeemer"

Here is evidence in the oldest book of the Bible that Job believed in life after death. He expected to see God and prophesied that his redeemer would appear on the earth in the latter days - a clear reference to the coming of Jesus Christ.

Job 19:25-27 - "For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God: Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another."

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What God Expects

  What God Expects

 And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear
 the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve
 the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul, To keep the
 commandments of the LORD, and his statutes, which I command thee this day
 for thy good? —

 When a person accepts a position he should be given a "Job Description."
 It is always a good thing to know what is required, or expected of you.
 When your boss gives you a project at work, it is helpful to know what he
 desires the finished product to be. As children, you would go and clean
 your room to the level that you thought was "good enough," only to have
 your patents come into the room and point out places that were not "up to
 code."

 The same is with us today as born again Christians. Our old nature tempts
 us to live a Christian life that is "good enough" by the world's
 standards. But God wants to make sure we live a life that is "up to HIS
 code."

 How can we do that? I believe the answer can be found here in our text as
 Moses is giving instruction to the next generation of Israel that is
 getting ready to cross the Jordan. Moses instructs them on what God would
 require of them:

                  A Person to Fear - "...to fear the LORD thy God..."
                  A Path To Follow - "...to walk in all his ways..."
                A Priority in Fellowship - "...to love him..."
                A Plan to Fulfill - "...to serve the LORD thy God...to keep the                                       commandments...and his statutes..."

 What a great plan for all of us to follow today as we strive to live a
 victorious Christian life!
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                                                                                       ROWEENA CHETTY  (SOUTH AFRICA)