Job - Part 2
Job's response to God in the midst of loss teaches us to find treasure in God and satisfaction in His sovereignty.
In this sermon, Job is depicted as a faithful servant of God who endures great suffering and loss. Job responds to his trials by tearing his clothes and falling face down on the ground, expressing his deep grief and surrender to God. He acknowledges that he came into the world with nothing and will leave with nothing, but recognizes that God is the one who gives and takes away. The sermon encourages listeners to learn from Job's example and find solace in the fact that even in the midst of loss, God is still sovereign and can satisfy the deepest longings of our souls.
Full Transcript
The servants waited now to see what Job would do, and how he might deal with his God. At last he rose, and took a knife, and passed it like a razor over all his silver head, and tore his shawl and robe, and fell face down upon the ground, and lay there till the dawn. The servants knelt by him in fright, and heard him whisper through the night, I came with nothing from the womb, I go with nothing to the tomb.
God gave me children freely, then he took them to himself again. At last I taste the bitter rot, my wise and ever-blessed God. And now, come, broken, to the cross, where Christ embraced all human loss, and let us bow before the throne of God, who gives and takes His own, and promises whatever toll He takes to satisfy our soul.
Come, learn the lesson of the rod, the treasure that we have in God. He is not poor nor much enticed, who loses everything but Christ.
Sermon Outline
- Job's Response to God
- God's Sovereignty in Giving and Taking
- The Cross as a Lesson of Loss
- The Lesson of the Rod
- Losing Everything but Christ
- Finding Satisfaction in God
Key Quotes
“I came with nothing from the womb, I go with nothing to the tomb.” — John Piper
“At last I taste the bitter rot, my wise and ever-blessed God.” — John Piper
“He is not poor nor much enticed, who loses everything but Christ.” — John Piper
Application Points
- We should respond to God with physical expression of sorrow and spiritual reflection on life in the midst of loss.
- We can find satisfaction in God by acknowledging His sovereignty and promises.
- Losing everything but Christ is not a loss, but a treasure.