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A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold is as pictures of silver.(Prov.25:11) It is so important to speak the right words to people at the right time to produce the right results. When you think of apples of gold in pictures of silver, then you are thinking of wealth and excellence. When we speak wisdom into the lives of others we are making them wealthy. Therefore we must seek God for He is the source of all wisdom and He will give us just the right words needed at the right time.
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#He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee. In famine, he shall redeem thee from death and in war from the power of the sword. Thou shalt be hidden from the scourge of the tongue: neither shall thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh. At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou is afraid of the beast of the earth. Job 5:19-22
Surely God shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee. Seven is the number of perfection and six is the number of men. God will allow trouble to come, but he will deliver thee, nor allow evil to touch thee. Even in war, he will deliver from the sword. He will hide thee from the scourge of the tongue; neither will he allow you to be afraid of destruction, for God has not given thee the spirit of fear, but of power, love, and a sound mind. He will allow you to laugh at destruction and famine. Neither shall thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth. So with all of this encouragement, then why should we be afraid of the coronavirus? Yea thou I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I shall not fear for thy rod shall sustain me and comfort me. This promise is not just for Job, but it is for all the children of God.
#He disappointeth the devices of the crafty so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise. He taketh the wise in their own craftiness and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong. They meet with darkness in the daytime and grope in the noonday as in the night. But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth and from the hand of the mighty. So the poor hath hope and iniquity stoppeth her mouth. Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty For he maketh sore and bindeth up: he woundeth and his hands make whole. Job 5:12-18
God is a buckler for the poor and saves them from the devices of the crafty. They meet with darkness in the daytime and grope in the noonday as in the night. But he saves the poor from the sword and from the hand of the mighty. Thank God for his correction and despise not the chastening of the Lord, for whom he loves he corrects. This principle is true all through scripture. So you wonder what has Job done to deserve this correction? The answer is God knows what is in the heart of man and he corrects us even when our way is perfect. So do not mourn or complain, just give thanks to God for his ways are perfect. Many people are suffering during this coronavirus, but God is using this to get the glory, for he is the great healer, our Jehovah Rapha.
#Who giveth rain upon the earth and sendeth waters upon the fields: To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety. Job 5:10-11
God sends rain upon the earth and waters to the fields, so that those on high are set low so that those which mourn may be exalted to safety. There is a lot of mourning going around with the coronavirus death toll going up. Jesus said I am the resurrection and the life. He that believes in me will live even though he dies. There is eternal life in Jesus Christ so call on the Son for he will lift up all those who mourn.
#Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground; Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward. Job 5:6,7
Trouble does not come out of the ground, nor affliction from the dust, but man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward. No matter who we are all of mankind is subject to trouble. We are facing more trouble than any generation has seen as this coronavirus pandemic is revashing the whole wide world. Thank God that he will see us through all of this trouble if we will trust in him. We pray for our leaders to make the hard decisions about quarantine and that the citizens will obey so that we can beat this virus. Trouble makes us stronger in our faith in God and causes us to repent from all of our sins.
#Fear came upon me and trembling, which made all my bones to shake. Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up; It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence and I heard a voice, saying, Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be purer than his maker? Behold, he put no trust in his servants and his angels he charged with folly: How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundations are in the dust, which are crushed before the moth? They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish forever without any regarding it. Job 4:14-20
Eliphaz asks some very pertinent questions as Job states fear came upon me and trembling, which made all my bones to shake. God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and a sound mind. Then there was silence and I heard a voice saying Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be purer than his maker? The answer to those resounding questions is a categorical no. God is just in all of his judgments and he is purer than all for he is not a man that he could lie. For he considers our frame and knows that we are but dust. Shall the created thing question his maker? Job must wait on God and we too must wait on God as we wait on this coronavirus pandemic to pass. God makes all things beautiful in his time and has set eternity within our hearts. We know that all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose, for those who love God.
#Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope and the uprightness of thy ways? Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off? Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity and sow wickedness, reap the same. By the blast of God they perish and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed. The roaring of the lion and the voice of the fierce lion and the teeth of the young lions are broken. Job 4:6-10
Eliphaz now accused Job of some sin that is in his life by asking a question: Remember, I pray thee who ever perished being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off? It is easy to think that Job has committed some great sin as to why all this calamity has come upon him, but Eliphaz does not know it is God who has allowed this evil to come upon Job because he is a perfect and upright man, as well as avoids evil. This has come to test the caliber of the righteousness of Job and he is passing all the tests. We must not blame God for our troubles or think that some great sin we have committed when evil comes upon us. Many are the afflictions of the righteous and the Lord delivers him out of them all. Satan goes about as a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour. So we must stand our ground on the truth of the word of God that sets us free. When we resist the devil he will flee from us.
#Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said, If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking? Behold, thou hast instructed many and thou hast strengthened the weak hands. Thy words have upholden him that was falling and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees. But now it has come upon thee and thou faintest; it toucheth thee and thou art troubled. Job 4:1-5
Eliphaz is the first of the friends to speak to Job and wonders if he will be grieved if they commune with him. Then he questions who can withhold himself from speaking? The Bible says to be quick to hear, slow to speak and how it would have been better if he had stayed quiet. Then he says you strengthened those that were feeble in knees and weak in hands. Now it has come upon thee and thou faintest it toucheth thee and thou art troubled. We are soon to judge a teacher when he is down, but Eliphaz does not know God has allowed Satan to trouble Job. There is an end to all trouble and Job is being patient as he waits on God for his deliverance. We too must be patient as we wait on God. Those that wait on the Lord, shall renew their strength, they shall run and not be weary, walk and not faint. Wait I say on the Lord and be of good courage.
#Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery and life unto the bitter in soul; Which long for death, but it cometh not and digs for it more than hidden treasures; Which rejoice exceedingly and are glad, when they find the grave? Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden and whom God hath hedged in? For my sighing cometh before I eat and my roarings are poured out like waters. For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me and that which I was afraid of has come unto me. I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet, yet trouble came. Job 3:20-26
Job all his life feared to lose his children, his wealth, and then his health. So he has these two great questions about light which is given to him in misery and life unto the bitter in soul? We know that light is synonymous with life, for the Bible tells us that God is light and no darkness is in him. Yet Job is bitter in his soul because of all his misery because he wishes for death more than those that dig for hidden treasures. For they rejoice exceedingly and are glad when they can find the grave? For to live is Christ and to die is gain. Then why is light given to a man whose way is hidden and whom God hath hedged in? Job did not know how God used the hedge to protect him from the attacks of Satan and now he is hedged in by the same hedge of protection. It was God who told Satan all that he has is in thy hand, only do not take his life. The answer to those questions is found in the Holy Ghost, but Job does not have the indwelling of the Holy Ghost as we do today, but we know that God who began a good work in us will finish it at the appearing of Christ Jesus. So we who suffer today can look back at Job and his suffering and say as Paul said that I reckon the suffering of this present day is not worthy of the glory that shall come at the appearing of Christ Jesus. Job has not lost his faith in God, for he knows that all the days of his appointed time that his change will come and he is going to wait upon God. What a valuable lesson to us today as we suffer through the pandemic of the coronavirus. Thank God that trouble has an end game and it will be the glorious appearance of Christ Jesus for us.
#For now, should I have lain still and been quiet I should have slept: then had I been at rest, With kings and counselors of the earth, which built desolate places for themselves; Or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver: Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light. There the wicked ceases from troubling and there the weary be at rest. There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor. The small and great are there and the servant is free from his master. Job 3:13-19
Job wishes he had been a stillborn infant as his misery is great and then he thinks of princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver. It is amazing how we dream when we are in the midst of trials and tribulations as Job is, yet he imagines if he could be as the prisoners that rest together, free from the voice of their oppressors. We can find ourselves thinking the same thoughts in this pandemic that is going on around the world, but God is in control despite how bad it seems. God will save us and take us to a place where the wicked can trouble us no more. Heaven will be so wonderful as we will sing the praises of our wonderful Savior how he delivered us from the perilous days on earth. So rejoice for weeping maybe for the night, but joy comes in the morning.
#After this opened Job his mouth and cursed his day. And Job spake and said, Let the day perish wherein I was born and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived. Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it. Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it. Job 3:1-5
Job is on his worst day and as the deacon, Coleman said he had the pitiful mouth. We can sympathize with him for he is in such agony and his wife has just told him to curse God and die. So he curses the day that he was born. How many of us have wished the same thing when things did not go our way in life. We must look up to God and do what King David did and encouraged himself in the Lord. Job has gone from being the richest man in the east to being the poorest man and now he needs a job. Wait I say on the Lord is what we have to do for trouble will not last always. It is easy for us to feel sorry for ourselves when life throws us a curveball. I pray for all the doctors and nurses on the frontlines fighting the pandemic of the coronavirus that they can be of sound mind and spirit as they treat the many patients in their care. A righteous man looks to the end of a trial for God has promised never to give us more than we can bear.
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