Category: Job

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Job 26, used by satan, and the power of GOD!

Job 26:1-3, But Job answered and said: “HOW HAVE YOU HELPED HIM WHO IS WITHOUT POWER? HOW HAVE YOU SAVED THE ARM THAT HAS NO STRENGTH? How have you counseled one who has no wisdom? And how have you declared SOUND ADVICE to many?

Job, speaking to the three friends, HOW HAVE YOU HELPED ME? THEY INITIALLY CAME TO BRING HIM COMFORT, BUT ENDED UP ATTACKING HIM!

Job 13:4, 16:2, BUT YOU FORGERS OF LIES, You are all WORTHLESS PHYSICIANS …. MISERABLE COMFORTERS ARE YOU ALL! 

Job 26:4, To whom have you uttered words? And WHOSE SPIRIT CAME FROM YOU? 

WHAT SPIRIT SPOKE THRU YOU? Remember Peter, satan rebuked JESUS by using Peter! it looks as if satan used these three to further attack Job! JOB 4:15-17!

Matt 16:22-23, THEN PETER TOOK HIM ASIDE AND BEGAN TO REBUKE HIM, …. BUT HE TURNED AND SAID TO PETER, “GET BEHIND ME, SATAN!…

YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE DEMON-POSSESSED FOR SATAN TO INFLUENCE YOU OR SPEAK THROUGH YOU! BE VIGILANT!

1Pe 5:8, BE SOBER, BE VIGILANT; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. 

Job 26:7-8, 13, HE STRETCHES OUT THE NORTH OVER EMPTY SPACE; HE HANGS THE EARTH ON NOTHING. HE BINDS UP THE WATER IN HIS THICK CLOUDS, YET THE CLOUDS ARE NOT BROKEN UNDER IT…. BY HIS SPIRIT HE ADORNED THE HEAVENS

The power and wisdom of GOD! HE STRETCHES OUT SPACE AND HANGS THE EARTH ON NOTHING! HE CARRIES TONS OF WATER VIA CLOUDS! ONLY THE LORD!

Job 26:14, INDEED THESE ARE THE MERE EDGES OF HIS WAYS, AND HOW SMALL A WHISPER WE HEAR OF HIM! BUT THE THUNDER OF HIS POWER WHO CAN UNDERSTAND?” 

WE ONLY SEE THE MERE EDGES OF HIS STRENGTH! GLORY BE HIS NAME!

Psa 139:6, SUCH KNOWLEDGE IS TOO WONDERFUL FOR ME; IT IS HIGH, I CANNOT ATTAIN IT. 

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Job 25, Righteous before GOD?

Job 25:1-3, THEN BILDAD the Shuhite answered and said “DOMINION AND FEAR BELONG TO HIM; He makes peace in His high places. IS THERE ANY NUMBER TO HIS ARMIES? Upon whom does His light not rise?

THE GREATNESS OF GOD IS UNDENIABLE, AND HIS ARMIES ARE WITHOUT NUMBER IMPOSSIBLE TO DEFEAT! Bildad is now just repeating what everyone has already agreed to! GOD IS GREAT!

Psa 99:1-3, THE LORD REIGNS; Let the peoples tremble! He dwells between the cherubim; Let the earth be moved! THE LORD IS GREAT in Zion, AND HE IS HIGH ABOVE ALL THE PEOPLES. LET THEM PRAISE YOUR GREAT AND AWESOME NAME—HE IS HOLY.

Job 25:4, HOW THEN CAN MAN BE RIGHTEOUS BEFORE GOD? OR HOW CAN HE BE PURE WHO IS BORN OF A WOMAN? 

Again, Bildad thinks Job is saying that he is righteous and sinless before GOD! Job agrees with this and in fact he has already stated that!

Job 9:1-2, Then Job answered and said: “Truly I know it is so, BUT HOW CAN A MAN BE RIGHTEOUS BEFORE GOD?

THESE, SO CALLED FRIENDS, ARE OUT OF ARGUMENTS, AND IN FACT THIS CHAPTER IS THE LAST OF THEIR WORDS! BUT TO ANSWER JOB AND BILDAD; HOW CAN A MAN BE RIGHTEOUS BEFORE GOD!

1Cor 6:9-11, Do you not know that the unrighteous WILL NOT INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD? DO NOT BE DECEIVED. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God. AND SUCH WERE SOME OF YOU. BUT YOU WERE WASHED, BUT YOU WERE SANCTIFIED, BUT YOU WERE JUSTIFIED IN THE NAME OF THE LORD JESUS AND BY THE SPIRIT OF OUR GOD.

IT IS ONLY THROUGH JESUS THAT THIS IS POSSIBLE; FOR ALL HAVE FALLEN SHORT OF HIS GLORY! THERE IS NOT ONE THAT DOES GOOD, BUT THROUGH HIS BLOOD WE ARE HEALED, AND THE CHARGES AGAINST US DROPPED!

Rom 8:33, WHO SHALL BRING A CHARGE AGAINST GOD’S ELECT? IT IS GOD WHO JUSTIFIES. 

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Job 24, Evil men will have their day!

Job 24:1, “Since times are not hidden from the Almighty, WHY DO THOSE WHO KNOW HIM SEE NOT HIS DAYS? 

Job struggles in understanding why the wicked seem to prosper and the righteous don’t? FROM OUR POINT OF VIEW IT IS HARD, IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE, TO UNDERSTAND WHY GOD DOES OR DOESN’T DO SOMETHING? BUT THOSE WHO KNOW HIM KNOWS WILL PLACE THEIR TRUST IN HIM!

Psa 9:10, AND THOSE WHO KNOW YOUR NAME WILL PUT THEIR TRUST IN YOU; FOR YOU, LORD, HAVE NOT FORSAKEN THOSE WHO SEEK YOU. 

Job 24:2-4, “SOME REMOVE LANDMARKS; THEY SEIZE FLOCKS VIOLENTLY AND FEED ON THEM; THEY DRIVE AWAY THE DONKEY OF THE FATHERLESS; THEY TAKE THE WIDOW’S OX AS A PLEDGE. THEY PUSH THE NEEDY OFF THE ROAD; ALL THE POOR OF THE LAND ARE FORCED TO HIDE.

Job sees these evil men stealing from the poor, from the fatherless and from the widows; Job knows what’s written in HIS word regarding them. BUT JUSTICE DOESN’T SEEM TO COME? GOD SEEMS TO BE SILENT EVEN THOUGH IN HIS WORD THOSE EVIL MEN ARE CURSED?

Deu 27:17, ‘CURSED IS THE ONE WHO MOVES HIS NEIGHBOR’S LANDMARK.’ “And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’ 

Deu 10:18, HE ADMINISTERS JUSTICE FOR THE FATHERLESS AND THE WIDOW, and loves the stranger, giving him food and clothing. 

Job 24:12, The dying groan in the city, And the souls of the wounded cry out; YET GOD DOES NOT CHARGE THEM WITH WRONG. 

Psa 73:17-19, UNTIL I WENT INTO THE SANCTUARY OF GOD; THEN I UNDERSTOOD THEIR END. Surely You set them in slippery places; You cast them down to destruction. Oh, how they are brought to desolation, as in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors.

THE DAY IS COMING AND IS ALMOST HERE, WHERE THE RIGHTEOUS WILL SEE THEIR BLESSED HOPE, JESUS, FACE TO FACE, BUT THE WICKED WILL HAVE THEIR END!

Isa 3:11, Woe to the wicked! It shall be ill with him, For the reward of his hands shall be given him. 

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Job 23, Seeking the LORD in times of trouble!

Job 23:8-9, “LOOK, I GO FORWARD, BUT HE IS NOT THERE, AND BACKWARD, BUT I CANNOT PERCEIVE HIM; When He works on the left hand, I cannot behold Him; When He turns to the right hand, I CANNOT SEE HIM.

In times of trouble our faith is always put to the test! We seek HIM, Pray to HIM to change the situation, yet nothing seems to change; “LORD ARE YOU EVEN THERE”?

Psa 66:10, FOR YOU, O GOD, HAVE TESTED US; YOU HAVE REFINED US AS SILVER IS REFINED. 

During these times WE ARE REFINED just as gold or silver is! The fire causes the impurities to float to the surface and then it’s removed! ONE CAN EASILY SAY I HAVE FAITH IN GOD! BUT, WHEN TESTED, TRUE BELIEVERS WILL SEEK HIS MAKER EVEN MORE AND THE FALSE BELIEVER WILL BE DRAWN AWAY TO WHATEVER THEY TRUST IN MOST!

Job 23:10-11, BUT HE KNOWS THE WAY THAT I TAKE; WHEN HE HAS TESTED ME, I SHALL COME FORTH AS GOLD. MY FOOT HAS HELD FAST TO HIS STEPS; I HAVE KEPT HIS WAY AND NOT TURNED ASIDE.

Job knew that his GOD was still there even though he didn’t know why this is happening to him! JOB, KNEW HIS GOD, KNEW HIS WAYS, KNEW HIS WORD. HAPPEN WHAT MAY, I WILL TRUST IN HIM!

Job 13:15, THOUGH HE SLAY ME, YET WILL I TRUST HIM

WE AS CHRISTIANS NEED TO HOLD FAST TO HIS STEPS, THE WAY SHOWN TO US THROUGH HIS WORD, AND THROUGH HIS EXAMPLE! JESUS IS THE WAY TO THE FATHER!

Joh 14:6, JESUS said to him, “I AM THE WAY, THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE. NO ONE COMES TO THE FATHER EXCEPT THROUGH ME. 

TRIALS WILL COME, BUT TRUE BELIEVERS WILL ALWAYS BECOME STRONGER IN THEIR FAITH!

2Co 5:7, FOR WE WALK BY FAITH, NOT BY SIGHT.

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Job 22, Acquaint your with GOD!

Job 22:1-3, Then Eliphaz…answered and said: “CAN A MAN BE PROFITABLE TO GOD, … IS IT ANY PLEASURE TO THE ALMIGHTY THAT YOU ARE RIGHTEOUS? OR IS IT GAIN TO HIM THAT YOU MAKE YOUR WAYS BLAMELESS?

Eliphaz heard Job, but he heard arrogance! Job thought too highly of himself! BUT TO ANSWER ELIPHAZ, YES JOB’S RIGHTEOUSNESS PLEASED THE FATHER AS WE ARE PLEASED WHEN OUR CHILDREN WALK IN THE WAYS OF THE LORD! IT CAN ONLY BRING JOY!

Job 1:8, Then the LORD said… THAT THERE IS NONE LIKE HIM ON THE EARTH, A BLAMELESS AND UPRIGHT MAN, ONE WHO FEARS GOD AND SHUNS EVIL?” 

Pro 29:3, WHOEVER LOVES WISDOM MAKES HIS FATHER REJOICE… 

3Jn 1:4, I HAVE NO GREATER JOY THAN TO HEAR THAT MY CHILDREN WALK IN TRUTH. 

Job 22:5-7, IS NOT YOUR WICKEDNESS GREAT, AND YOUR INIQUITY WITHOUT END? For you have taken pledges from your brother for no reason, And STRIPPED THE NAKED OF THEIR CLOTHING. YOU HAVE NOT GIVEN THE WEARY WATER TO DRINK, AND YOU HAVE WITHHELD BREAD FROM THE HUNGRY.

Eliphaz now starts accusing Job of stealing from the poor, not providing for the needy! I’M JUST AMAZED AT JOB’S PATIENCE, BECAUSE IF IT WERE ME, I WOULD HAVE PUT ON GLOVES REVEALING MY TRUE SELF!

Pro 14:29, HE WHO IS SLOW TO WRATH HAS GREAT UNDERSTANDING, BUT HE WHO IS IMPULSIVE EXALTS FOLLY. 

Job 22:21-22, “NOW ACQUAINT YOURSELF WITH HIM, AND BE AT PEACE; THEREBY GOOD WILL COME TO YOU. RECEIVE, PLEASE, INSTRUCTION FROM HIS MOUTH, AND LAY UP HIS WORDS IN YOUR HEART.

Great advice from Eliphaz, just given to the wrong person! It just doesn’t apply to Job!

WE NEED TO BE ACQUAINTED WITH THE ONLY TRUE AND LIVING GOD WHO HEARS AND KNOWS ALL! HE HASN’T LEFT JOB EVEN THOUGH HE APPEARS DISTANT!

Joh 17:3, AND THIS IS ETERNAL LIFE, THAT THEY MAY KNOW YOU, THE ONLY TRUE GOD, AND JESUS CHRIST WHOM YOU HAVE SENT. 

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Job 21, His ways!

Job 21:1-3, Then Job answered and said: “LISTEN CAREFULLY TO MY SPEECH, AND LET THIS BE YOUR CONSOLATION. Bear with me that I may speak, AND AFTER I HAVE SPOKEN, KEEP MOCKING.

Job’s friends weren’t listening, but he was! Job said, “COMFORT ME BY LISTENING TO ME”!

Job 21:4-5, “As for me, IS MY COMPLAINT AGAINST MAN? … Look at me and be astonished; Put your hand over your mouth.

Job complaint is not against man, BUT AGAINST GOD FOR HE DIDN’T KNOW WHAT GOD WAS DOING! WHY LORD! WHY!

Psa 77:7-8, NLT, HAS THE LORD REJECTED ME FOREVER? WILL HE NEVER AGAIN BE KIND TO ME? IS HIS UNFAILING LOVE GONE FOREVER? HAVE HIS PROMISES PERMANENTLY FAILED?

Job 21:22-23, 25-26, “CAN ANYONE TEACH GOD KNOWLEDGE, Since He judges those on high? ONE DIES IN HIS FULL STRENGTH, Being wholly at ease and secure; … ANOTHER MAN DIES IN THE BITTERNESS OF HIS SOUL, Never having eaten with pleasure. THEY LIE DOWN ALIKE IN THE DUST, AND WORMS COVER THEM.

Job, doesn’t understand GOD’s way! ONE MAN LIVES IN PROSPERIRTY AND IN GOOD HEALTH, YET ANOTHER LIVES IN BITTER POVERTY! WHY?

Isa 55:8-9, “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways,” says the LORD. “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts than your thoughts.

THE MIND OF MAN IS LIMITED, BUT THE LORD KNOWS ALL! WHO CAN TEACH GOD KNOWLEDGE, OR WHO CAN GIVE GOD COUNCIL? NO ONE CAN!  

Isa 40:13-14, Who has directed the Spirit of the LORD, Or as His counselor has taught Him? With whom did He take counsel, and who instructed Him, And taught Him in the path of justice? Who taught Him knowledge, And showed Him the way of understanding?

WE MAY NOT KNOW THE REASON WHY THINGS HAPPEN TO US, BUT WE CAN KNOW THAT HE IS IN FULL CONTROL! TRUST IN HIM!

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Job 20, In HIS eyes!

Job 20:1,4-5, Then Zophar… answered and said: … “DO YOU NOT KNOW THIS OF OLD, SINCE MAN WAS PLACED ON EARTH, THAT THE TRIUMPHING OF THE WICKED IS SHORT, AND THE JOY OF THE HYPOCRITE IS BUT FOR A MOMENT?

Job asked for pity from his friends, yet Zophar increases his attack! NOW HE IS CALLING JOB A HYPOCRITE AND A WICKED MAN, BUT GOD KNOWS WHO JOB IS! THE LORD KNOWS HIS OWN, AND HIS OWN KNOWS HIM!

Job 1:1, There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was JOB; AND THAT MAN WAS BLAMELESS AND UPRIGHT, AND ONE WHO FEARED GOD AND SHUNNED EVIL. 

Joh 10:14, I AM THE GOOD SHEPHERD; AND I KNOW MY SHEEP, AND AM KNOWN BY MY OWN.

Job 20:26-29, TOTAL DARKNESS IS RESERVED FOR HIS TREASURES. AN UNFANNED FIRE WILL CONSUME HIM; It shall go ill with him who is left in his tent. THE HEAVENS WILL REVEAL HIS INIQUITY, … The increase of his house will depart, And his goods will flow away in the day of His wrath. THIS IS THE PORTION FROM GOD FOR A WICKED MAN, THE HERITAGE APPOINTED TO HIM BY GOD.”

Zophar is speaking truth, the wicked will inherit darkness and will be consumed with fire, YET I DOES NOT APPLY TO JOB!

Psa 11:5-7, The LORD tests the righteous, BUT THE WICKED AND THE ONE WHO LOVES VIOLENCE HIS SOUL HATES. UPON THE WICKED HE WILL RAIN COALS; FIRE AND BRIMSTONE AND A BURNING WIND SHALL BE THE PORTION OF THEIR CUP. For the LORD is righteous, He loves righteousness; His countenance beholds the upright.

This is the last thing said by Zophar! In his eyes Job is an un-repented wicked hypocrite, YET THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS IS WHAT THE LORD THINKS OF US!

1Cor 4:3-4, But with me it is a VERY SMALL THING THAT I SHOULD BE JUDGED BY YOU OR BY A HUMAN COURT. In fact, I do not even judge myself. For I know of nothing against myself, yet I am not justified by this; BUT HE WHO JUDGES ME IS THE LORD.

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Job 19, our Redeemer lives!

Job 19:21, “HAVE PITY ON ME, HAVE PITY ON ME, O YOU MY FRIENDS, FOR THE HAND OF GOD HAS STRUCK ME!

Again, Job lost all that he had, his children, his relatives, his close friends and even his servants don’t answer when he calls! V13-19!

Rom 12:15, Rejoice with those who rejoice, and WEEP WITH THOSE WHO WEEP. 

Job 19:23-24, “OH, THAT MY WORDS WERE WRITTEN! OH, THAT THEY WERE INSCRIBED IN A BOOK! THAT THEY WERE ENGRAVED ON A ROCK WITH AN IRON PEN AND LEAD, FOREVER! 

He didn’t know it but the LORD honored his request! His words have been written on THE SOLID ROCK OF SCRIPTURE WITH AN IRON PEN! THE BEST-SELLING BOOK OF ALL TIME!

Job 19:25-27, FOR I KNOW THAT MY REDEEMER LIVES, AND HE SHALL STAND AT LAST ON THE EARTH; AND AFTER MY SKIN IS DESTROYED, THIS I KNOW, THAT IN MY FLESH I SHALL SEE GOD, Whom I shall see for myself, And my eyes shall behold, and not another. HOW MY HEART YEARNS WITHIN ME!

WOW! JOB’S TRUE FAITH AND KNOWLEDGE OF GOD COMES OUT! IN HIS FLESH HE SHALL SEE THE LORD STANDING ON THE EARTH!

1Th 4:16, For the LORD HIMSELF WILL DESCEND FROM HEAVEN WITH A SHOUT, WITH THE VOICE OF AN ARCHANGEL, AND WITH THE TRUMPET OF GOD. AND THE DEAD IN CHRIST WILL RISE FIRST. 

Isa 54:5-8, FOR YOUR MAKER IS YOUR HUSBAND, THE LORD OF HOSTS IS HIS NAME; AND YOUR REDEEMER IS THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL; He is called the God of the whole earth. FOR THE LORD HAS CALLED YOU LIKE A WOMAN FORSAKEN AND GRIEVED IN SPIRIT, Like a youthful wife when you were refused,” Says your God. “FOR A MERE MOMENT I HAVE FORSAKEN YOU, BUT WITH GREAT MERCIES I WILL GATHER YOU. WITH A LITTLE WRATH I HID MY FACE FROM YOU FOR A MOMENT; But with EVERLASTING Kindness I will have mercy on you,” SAYS THE LORD, YOUR REDEEMER.

WE MAY GRIEVE FOR A SHORT WHILE, BUT KNOW THAT OUR REDEEMER IS COMING FOR HIS BRIDE, THE CHURCH! NOT THAT WE DESERVE IT, BUT BECAUSE HE IS FAITHFUL!

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Job 18, the end of the wicked!

Job 18:1-3, Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said: “How long till you put an end to words? Gain understanding, and afterward we will speak. Why are we counted as beasts, And regarded as stupid in your sight?

Job and his, so called, friends are getting tired of the arguments! Job stands firm on his innocents while the other 3 condemn him of sin! BEAST ARE IGNORANT AND FOOLISH TO THE WAYS OF GOD!

Psa 73:22, I was so foolish and ignorant; I was like a beast before You. 

Job 18:5-7, “The light of the wicked indeed goes out, And the flame of his fire does not shine. The light is dark in his tent, And his lamp beside him is put out. THE STEPS OF HIS STRENGTH ARE SHORTENED, AND HIS OWN COUNSEL CASTS HIM DOWN.

Bildad is saying, “THE WICKED ARE CUT OFF QUICKLY ON THE EARTH. LOOK AT YOURSELF; CAN’T YOU SEE YOU ARE BEING CUT OFF”?

Pro 13:9, The light of the righteous rejoices, But the lamp of the wicked will be put out. 

But, this is not always true, sometimes the wicked live longer and better than those who live righteously!

Psa 73:2-5, But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled; My steps had nearly slipped. FOR I WAS ENVIOUS OF THE BOASTFUL, WHEN I SAW THE PROSPERITY OF THE WICKED. FOR THERE ARE NO PANGS IN THEIR DEATH, BUT THEIR STRENGTH IS FIRM. THEY ARE NOT IN TROUBLE AS OTHER MEN, NOR ARE THEY PLAGUED LIKE OTHER MEN.

Most people live their lives only looking at the here and now! These people don’t realize that they will live forever! EITHER WITH HIM OR WITHOUT HIM!

Asaph finally understood the end of the wicked when he entered the house of the LORD!

Psa 73:17, Until I went into the sanctuary of God; THEN I UNDERSTOOD THEIR END. 

Psa 37:10-11, FOR YET A LITTLE WHILE AND THE WICKED SHALL BE NO MORE; INDEED, YOU WILL LOOK CAREFULLY FOR HIS PLACE, BUT IT SHALL BE NO MORE. But the meek shall inherit the earth, And shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

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Job 17, Seeing Jesus in Job’s life!

Job 17:1-2, NLT, “My spirit is crushed, and my life is nearly snuffed out. The grave is ready to receive me. I AM SURROUNDED BY MOCKERS. I watch how bitterly they taunt me.

Job 17:4, FOR YOU HAVE HIDDEN THEIR HEART FROM UNDERSTANDING…

Job 17:6, “BUT HE HAS MADE ME A BYWORD OF THE PEOPLE, AND I HAVE BECOME ONE IN WHOSE FACE MEN SPIT. 

Job, is in agony, humiliated before everyone! People pass him by shaking their heads! Is this job! Wow what happened! BUT I SEE JESUS IN JOB’S LIFE! ON THE CROSS JESUS WAS SURROUNDED BY HIS MOCKERS!

Psa 22:6-7, But I am a worm, and no man; A REPROACH OF MEN, AND DESPISED BY THE PEOPLE. ALL THOSE WHO SEE ME RIDICULE ME…

Mat 27:30-31, THEN THEY SPAT ON HIM, and took the reed and struck Him on the head. AND WHEN THEY HAD MOCKED HIM, they took the robe off Him, put His own clothes on Him, and led Him away to be crucified.

Just like Job’s friends lacked understanding, those who crucified JESUS lacked the same!

Luk 23:34, Then Jesus said, “FATHER, FORGIVE THEM, FOR THEY DO NOT KNOW WHAT THEY DO.” …. 

JESUS KNOWS WHAT WERE GOING THROUGH IN LIFE, BECAUSE HE LIVED IT! HE WAS TESTED, HUMILIATED, MOCKED, SPAT ON AND CRUCIFIED FOR US!

Psa 139,2-4, You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought afar off. You comprehend my path and my lying down, And are acquainted with all my ways. For there is not a word on my tongue, But behold, O LORD, You know it altogether.

WHATEVER IS YOUR SITUATION, SEEK THE LORD FOR HE KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT WERE GOING THROUGH!

Psa 9:10, AND THOSE WHO KNOW YOUR NAME WILL PUT THEIR TRUST IN YOU; FOR YOU, LORD, HAVE NOT FORSAKEN THOSE WHO SEEK YOU.