Book of Job, 22

Pastor’s Opening

BEFORE I speak upon these two verses, I will read the four which precede them that you may note the connection in which they are found. Job is in great trouble, in sore distress of soul; his heart is very heavy, and his unfriendly friends are casting salt into his wounds instead of trying to heal them. In his distress, he turns to his God, and appeals to him in this fashion (beginning at the 8th verse): “Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me. Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?

Main Theme(s)

I. First, then, let us use the former part of our text as A SONG FOR BRIGHT DAYS: “Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit.”

II. Very briefly must I speak upon the second part of our subject, that is, A SOLACE FOR DARK NIGHTS: “And these things hast thou hid in thine heart: I know that this is with thee.”