Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever. —Ecclesiastes 1:4 No one remembers the former generations, and even those yet to come will not be remembered by those who follow them. —Ecclesiastes 1:11 For the wise, like the fool, will not be long remembered; the days have already come when both have been forgotten.  Like the fool, the wise too must die! —Ecclesiastes 2:16 There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: a time to be born and a time to die… —Ecclesiastes 3:1-2 He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart;…

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 know.  “You said, ‘Listen now, and I will…

He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth,’ and to the rain shower, ‘Be a mighty downpour.’  So that everyone he has made may know his work, he stops all people from their labor. —Job 37:6-7 He brings the clouds to punish people, or to water his earth and show his love. —Job 37:12 Do you know how God controls the clouds and makes his lightning flash? —Job 37:15              Do you think you are really in control?  You may think you are, but you are not.  Again, “people are destined to die once, and after that to face judgment” (Hebrews 9:27).  You do not know the day or…

It is unthinkable that God would do wrong, that the Almighty would pervert justice.  Who appointed him over the earth?  Who put him in charge of the whole world?  If it were his intention and he withdrew his spirit and breath, all humanity would perish together and mankind would return to the dust. —Job 34:12-15 There is no deep shadow, no utter darkness, where evildoers can hide. —Job 34:22 Therefore, since through God’s mercy we have this ministry, we do not lose heart.  Rather, we have renounced secret and shameful ways; we do not use deception, nor do we distort the word of God. —II Corinthians 4:1-2 And even if our…

Where then does wisdom come from?  Where does understanding dwell? —Job 28:20 And he said to the human race, “The fear of the Lord—that is wisdom, and to shun evil is understanding.” —Job 28:28              The wisdom of God is far different than the wisdom of man!  Do you have worldly wisdom or Godly wisdom? “Where is the wise person? Where is the teacher of the law? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to…

Now it is God who makes both us and you stand firm in Christ. He anointed us, set his seal of ownership on us, and put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come. —II Corinthians 1:21-22 `Wow… brothers and sisters, fellow followers/disciples of Jesus, listen to this— “it is God who” — These truths are echoed in Ephesians 1:13-14 “And you also were included in Christ when you heard the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation. When you believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those…

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 21:14-15 Humility is the fear of the Lord… —Proverbs 22:4              There are those who just don’t want anything to do with our Lord.  They want to be left alone.  They do not want to serve Him.  They do not want to talk with Him.  They are like Pharaoh when he said to Moses and Aaron, “Who is the LORD, that I should obey him and let Israel go? I do not know the LORD and…

I know that my redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand on the earth.  And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God; I myself will see him with my own eyes—I, and not another.  How my heart yearns within me! —Job 19:25-27              Does your heart also yearn to see our Lord God Almighty, our Redeemer and Friend?  With all that Job was going through, even though he had many misconceptions in regard to why these things were happening to him, he knew that “in my flesh I will see God; I myself will see him with my own eyes—I, and not another.” …

In his hand is the life of every creature and the breath of all mankind. —Job 12:10 A person’s days are determined; you have decreed the number of his months and have set limits he cannot exceed. —Job 14:5 And just as we have borne the image of the earthly man, so shall we bear the image of the heavenly man. —I Corinthians 15:49 Show me, Lord, my life’s end and the number of my days; let me know how fleeting my life is.  You have made my days a mere handbreadth; the span of my years is as nothing before you. Everyone is but a breath, even those who seem secure.…

Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so perishes the hope of the godless. —Job 8:13 Surely God does not reject one who is blameless or strengthen the hands of evildoers. —Job 8:20 If only there were someone to mediate between us, someone to bring us together, someone to remove God’s rod from me, so that his terror would frighten me no more. —Job 9:34 “Your hands shaped me and made me. Will you now turn and destroy me? —Job 10:8 If I hold my head high, you stalk me like a lion and again display your awesome power against me. —Job 10:16 “If he comes along and…