The Book of Job
Book of Job, 30
Our Life, Our Work, and Our Change
Job 14:14
Pastor’s Opening
JOB was well nigh driven to desperation by the fearful torment of his bodily pains, by the exasperating remarks of his friends, and the cutting suggestion of his wife. It is no wonder if he became somewhat impatient. Never were words of complaint more excusable than in the sad case of Job when he cried, “O that thou wouldst hide me in the gravel” Everything that could make life bearable had been taken from him, and every evil which could make death desirable came upon him. Yet, after Job had uttered those exclamations…
Scripture Citation and Verse(s)
Job 14:14
“All the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change
come ”
In this second sermon on this verse, C.H. Spurgeon preaches on the latter half of Job 14:14, when in 1862, he preached on the first portion, “If a man shall die, shall he live again?”
Main Theme(s)
I. First, let us observe THE ASPECT UNDER WHICH JOB REGARDED THIS MORTAL LIFE. He calls it an “appointed time,” or, as the Hebrew has it, “a warfare.”
II. JOB’S VIEW OF OUR WORK while on earth is that we are to wait.
III. Now comes JOB’S ESTIMATE OF THE FUTURE.
