Job's Fear

Job 23:13-17; NKJV

13 "But He is unique, and who can make Him change?
And whatever His soul desires, that He does.
 
14 For He performs what is appointed for me,
And many such things are with Him.
 
15 Therefore I am terrified at His presence;
When I consider this, I am afraid of Him.
 
16 For God made my heart weak,
And the Almighty terrifies me;
 
17 Because I was not cut off from the presence of darkness,
And He did not hide deep darkness from my face.

When Job considered what he knew about God it "terrified him."  He was "afraid of Him."  His fear of Jehovah prompted him to obedience to Jehovah's will.  May it do the same for us...

Ecclesiastes 12:13-14; KJV

13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.

14 For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.

What Job Knew

Job 19:25-27; NKJV

25 For I know that my Redeemer lives,
And He shall stand at last on the earth;

26 And after my skin is destroyed, this I know,
That in my flesh I shall see God,

27 Whom I shall see for myself,
And my eyes shall behold, and not another.
How my heart yearns within me!

May we know what Job knew.

Job 13:15

Satan didn't believe that an image-bearer would "fear God for nothing" (Job 1:9). 

Job proved Him wrong.

"Though He slay me, yet I will trust Him," said the man whom Jehovah offered up to Satan in Job 13:15.

Life Lessons from Job

There is a lot more going on in this world than what we can see (1:6-12; 2:1-7; 2 Corinthians 10:3-4; Ephesians 6:12; 1 Peter 5:8).
 
God is in control…Sovereignty (1:6-12; 2:1-7; 38-42). 
 
Suffering is not always associated with sin (1:8, 12; 2:3, 6). 
 
Satan’s challenge becomes God’s opportunity to build up Job’s life (42:12-16;James 5:11).
 
God’s ways are sometimes incomprehensible to us, but He can be trusted to work things together for our good (1:13-22; 2:7-10; 42:12-16; Romans 8:18, 28; 11:33-36).

The Christ of Job

The Christ of Job: Jesus is the Living Redeemer

Job cries out for a Mediator (9:33; 16:19; 1 Timothy 2:5; Hebrews 9:24).

Job acknowledges a Redeemer (19:25-27; Hebrews 7:24-25).

The book of Job raises problems and questions which are answered perfectly in Christ who identifies with our sufferings (Hebrews 4:15).

Christ is seen in Job as the believer’s Life, Redeemer, Mediator and Advocate.

Read Job and see Jesus, the Living Redeemer!

Hidden in My Heart

"And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." (John 8:32; NKJV)

The Time of Job

Job lived 140 years after the events of the book (42:16), his life span being close to 200 years.

Job’s wealth is measured in terms of livestock (1:3; 42:12) rather than gold and silver.

Like Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, Job is the priest of his family and offers sacrifices (1:5).

There are no references to Israel, the Exodus, the Law of Moses or the Tabernacle.

The Chaldeans who murder Job’s servants (1:17) are nomads and have not yet become city-dwellers.

Job uses the characteristic patriarchal name for God, Shaddai (“the Almighty”), thirty-one times (found only seventeen times in the rest of the Old Testament).