The Book of Job
Book of Job, 47
Longing to Find God
Job 23:3
Pastor’s Opening
IN Job’s uttermost extremity he cried after the Lord. The longing desire of an afflicted child of God is once more to see his Father’s face. His first prayer is not, “Oh that I might be healed of the disease which now festers in every part of my body!” nor even, “Oh that I might see my children restored from the jaws of the grave, and my property once more brought from the hand of the spoiler!” but the first and uppermost cry is, “Oh that I knew where I might find HIM who is my God! that I might come even to his seat!”
Scripture Citation and Verse(s)
Job 23:3-4
“Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat! I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.”
Main Theme(s)
I. “Oh that I knew where I might find HIM who is my God! that I might come even to his seat!”
II. The second part of prayer is FILLING THE MOUTH WITH ARGUMENTS.
III. If the Holy Ghost shall teach us how to order our cause, and how to fill our mouth with arguments, the result shall be that WE SHALL HAVE OUR MOUTH FILLED WITH PRAISES.
