ALL THE EVIDENCE NEEDED! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSAN5ObaRQg The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by man, nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all mankind life and breath and everything. And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place, that they should seek God, in the hope that they might feel their way toward him and find him. Yet he is actually not far from each one…

GOD’S WORK/OUR WORK When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him? Yet you have made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor. You have given him dominion over the works of your hands; you have put all things under his feet, all sheep and oxen, and also the beasts of the field, the birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea, whatever passes along the paths of the seas. O LORD, our Lord,…

THE JOY OF THE LORD! You have put more joy in my heart than they have when their grain and wine abound. —Psalm 4:7             It is not material things that give strength, but “the joy of the LORD is your strength.”  Material things are only temporary, but the joy of the Lord is eternal.  Material things cannot give life, but the joy of the Lord is my life!             Joy comes not from lifeless things— “For what is our hope, our joy, or the crown in which we will glory in the presence of our Lord Jesus when he comes? Is it not you?” (I Thessalonians 2:19).  Joy comes…

THE BLESSED ONE AND THE WICKED ONE  Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers, but whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on his law day and night.  That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither— whatever they do prospers. —Psalm 1:1-3             Are you a blessed one?  The one who is truly blessed: “Does not walk in step with the wicked.” They do not go along with what the…

HE ONLY KNOWS EVERYTHING ALL OF THE TIME! The Lord said to Job: “Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct him?  Let him who accuses God answer him!”  Then Job answered the Lord: “I am unworthy—how can I reply to you? I put my hand over my mouth.  I spoke once, but I have no answer— twice, but I will say no more.” —Job 40:1-5 Then Job replied to the Lord: “I know that you can do all things; no purpose of yours can be thwarted.  You asked, ‘Who is this that obscures my plans without knowledge?’  Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to…

TRUST HIM AND BE FAITHFUL WHILE DOING SO! Then the Lord spoke to Job out of the storm. He said: “Who is this that obscures my plans with words without knowledge? —Job 38:1-2             Job was surely in a terrible storm of life.  He did not understand why all these things were happening to him and he was trying to make sense of it.  But he did not know the testimony that God had given about him— that he was the Lord’s servant and “There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil” (Job 1:8).  That is what God said…

STORMS HAVE PURPOSE!  He brings the clouds to punish people, or to water his earth and show his love. —Job 37:13  Yet he has not left himself without testimony: He has shown kindness by giving you rain from heaven and crops in their seasons; he provides you with plenty of food and fills your hearts with joy.” —Acts 14:17             God works through storms to accomplish His desires.  He uses storms, we are told in the verse from Job above, to: 1-punish people 3-to water his earth 2-to show His love.  Storms come and more than likely God is accomplishing or could accomplish all three of these reasons at the same…

WICKED PEOPLE DO NOT WANT ANYTHING TO DO WITH GOD!  Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power? —Job 21:7  Yet they say to God, ‘Leave us alone!  We have no desire to know your ways.  Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him?  What would we gain by praying to him?’ —Job 21:13-15  They said to God, ‘Leave us alone!  What can the Almighty do to us?’ —Job 22:17              There are times, if we allow ourselves to get stuck in this thought, that the wicked are just being allowed to get away with “murder” and it does not seen that God cares.  Oh……

JOB’S DIFFICULTIES— NO UNDERSTANDING AS TO WHY THEY WERE HAPPENING! He has kindled his wrath against me and counts me as his adversary. —Job 19:11 God will send his burning anger against him and rain it upon him into his body. —Job 20:23 The possessions of his house will be carried away, dragged off in the day of God’s wrath. This is the wicked man’s portion from God, the heritage decreed for him by God.” —Job 20:28-29             Again, the focus is on Job’s belief, and his “friends” belief, is that God is pouring out His wrath on Job.  But this could not be further from the truth.  It is interesting…

EXPERIENCING PAIN My face is red with weeping, and on my eyelids is deep darkness. —Job 16:16             The pain that so many people we know are experiencing— a spouse has died, severe health situations has entered their lives, divorces that have occurred, people that have been in prison, people that have been abused, broken relationships of any kind… the list goes on with such painful ordeals.         Seek for a few moments to try and imagine the pain that Job was experiencing.  In a very short time he got news that all his oxen and donkeys were stolen and those keeping watch over them were all killed, but the…