Kansas City, Missouri, Untied States - Reflecting God – Embrace Holy Living - “Always There” – Saturday, 29 March 2014 - Scripture: Job 19: 13-29

Kansas City, Missouri, Untied States - Reflecting God – Embrace Holy Living - “Always There” – Saturday, 29 March 2014 - Scripture: Job 19: 13 “He has put my brothers far from me.

    My acquaintances are wholly estranged from me.

14 My relatives have gone away.

    My familiar friends have forgotten me.

15 Those who dwell in my house, and my maids, count me for a stranger.

    I am an alien in their sight.

16 I call to my servant, and he gives me no answer.

    I beg him with my mouth.

17 My breath is offensive to my wife.

    I am loathsome to the children of my own mother.

18 Even young children despise me.

    If I arise, they speak against me.

19 All my familiar friends abhor me.

    They whom I loved have turned against me.

20 My bones stick to my skin and to my flesh.

    I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.

21 “Have pity on me, have pity on me, you my friends;

    for the hand of God has touched me.

22 Why do you persecute me as God,

    and are not satisfied with my flesh?

23 “Oh that my words were now written!

    Oh that they were inscribed in a book!

24 That with an iron pen and lead

    they were engraved in the rock forever!

25 But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives.

    In the end, he will stand upon the earth.

26 After my skin is destroyed,

    then in my flesh shall I see God,

27 Whom I, even I, shall see on my side.

    My eyes shall see, and not as a stranger.

“My heart is consumed within me.

28 If you say, ‘How we will persecute him!’

    because the root of the matter is found in me,

29 be afraid of the sword,

    for wrath brings the punishments of the sword,

    that you may know there is a judgment.”

“Always There” by Mallory Sauer

After losing his wealth, his possessions, his children and his health, Job was at rock bottom. He cried out in total despair that there was no hope for him. He wanted to die. At the same time, Job was conflicted because he believed in the Lord and in His mighty power to save. Job was torn between his faith in God and the bleakness of his present circumstances, which caused him to doubt God’s goodness.

Everyone endures some trial in life that tests the spirit. We want to trust God’s plan, but the struggle is overwhelming. We just want to see His face, know His purposes, and catch a glimpse of His light in our present darkness. What if we do not receive an answer at the moment we want it? Do we cry “foul” because we believe it is not fair or we do not understand it?

Just as God answered Job in his darkest hour, God will reveal Himself to us and offer us hope at just the right time. Humble yourself before Him, acknowledging the fact that He knows what is best for you. God promises, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you” (Hebrews 13:5).

Hymn for Today:

“The Solid Rock” by Edward More

1. My hope is built on nothing less

than Jesus' blood and righteousness;

I dare not trust the sweetest frame,

but wholly lean on Jesus' name.

Refrain:

On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;

all other ground is sinking sand;

all other ground is sinking sand.

2. When darkness seems to hide his face,

I rest on his unchanging grace;

in every high and stormy gale,

my anchor holds within the veil.

Refrain:

On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;

all other ground is sinking sand;

all other ground is sinking sand.

3. His oath, his covenant, his blood

support me in the whelming flood;

when all around my soul gives way,

he then is all my hope and stay.

Refrain:

On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;

all other ground is sinking sand;

all other ground is sinking sand.

4. When he shall come with trumpet sound,

O may I then in him be found,

dressed in his righteousness alone,

faultless to stand before the throne.

Refrain:

On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;

all other ground is sinking sand;

all other ground is sinking sand.

Thought for Today:

“It is wise to rely on God even in the midst of confusion and tragedy” (Session Truth).

Prayer Needs:

Many people to hear the Gospel through Medical missions in Papua New Guinea!

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