Tag: Father of all comfort

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Psalm 131, A child is not prideful not arrogant!

Psa 131:1a, …LORD, MY HEART IS NOT HAUGHTY,

King David rejected pride, and so must we! Were not better than anyone else, Yes were Christians, but still sinners like everyone else!

Jas 4:6, But He gives more grace. Therefore He says: “GOD RESISTS THE PROUD, BUT GIVES GRACE TO THE HUMBLE.” 

Psa 131:1b, Nor my eyes lofty.

King David also rejected arrogance.  A prideful person will look down on others. THEY ARE NOT LIKE ME, I’M BETTER THAN THOSE LITTLE PEOPLE! Know that the LORD see’s everything you say and think of!

Isa 13:11 NLT, “I, the LORD, will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their sin. I WILL CRUSH THE ARROGANCE OF THE PROUD AND HUMBLE THE PRIDE OF THE MIGHTY.

Psa 131:1c, Neither do I concern myself with great matters, Nor with things too profound for me 

David, being king, also rejected selfish ambition! It was not that he wanted to be king, but that GOD had chosen him! David wasn’t perfect, but his heart was set to do HIS will!

Act 13:22, … ‘I HAVE FOUND DAVID THE SON OF JESSE, A MAN AFTER MY OWN HEART, WHO WILL DO ALL MY WILL.’ 

Php 2:3, Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself.

Don’t be deceived, HE knows your heart! Don’t do something that others may praise you for it, but do it in humility out of reverence to the LORD! Men see the external but HE sees your heart and knows your motives!

1Sa 16:7b, …FOR THE LORD DOES NOT SEE AS MAN SEES; FOR MAN LOOKS AT THE OUTWARD APPEARANCE, BUT THE LORD LOOKS AT THE HEART.” 

Psa 131:2, Surely I have calmed and quieted my soul, Like a weaned child with his mother; Like a weaned child is my soul within me. 

A child doesn’t know pride, doesn’t desire promotion, and is completely dependent on his/her parents! A child doesn’t know or even care about where his next meal will come from. WE MUST HAVE CHILDLIKE FAITH, NOT CHILDISH FAITH, IN OUR LOVING FATHER WHO IS ALWAYS THERE TO PICK US UP WHEN WE FALL! Trust in the LORD for HE is good!

Mar 10:15, Assuredly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will by no means enter it.” 

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Job 16, a MAN with GOD! Jesus!

Job 16:1-3, Then Job answered and said: “I have heard many such things; MISERABLE COMFORTERS ARE YOU ALL! SHALL WORDS OF WIND HAVE AN END? Or what provokes you that you answer?

Job just wanted them to stop, they were trying to teach Job common wisdom as if didn’t know this! Rather than bringing comfort they brought him more pain!

Job 16:4-5, I also could speak as you do, IF YOUR SOUL WERE IN MY SOUL’S PLACE. I could heap up words against you, And shake my head at you; BUT I WOULD STRENGTHEN YOU WITH MY MOUTH, AND THE COMFORT OF MY LIPS WOULD RELIEVE YOUR GRIEF.

TRIALS TEACH US HOW TO COMFORT OTHERS WHO ARE GOING THROUGH THE SAME SITUATION! GOD COMFORTS US THAT WE MAY COMFORT OTHERS!

2Cor 1:3-4, BLESSED BE THE GOD AND FATHER OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, THE FATHER OF MERCIES and GOD OF ALL COMFORT, WHO COMFORTS US IN ALL OUR TRIBULATION, THAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO COMFORT THOSE WHO ARE IN ANY TROUBLE, WITH THE COMFORT WITH WHICH WE OURSELVES ARE COMFORTED BY GOD.

Job 16:20-21, My friends scorn me; MY EYES POUR OUT TEARS TO GOD. OH, THAT ONE MIGHT PLEAD FOR A MAN WITH GOD, As a man pleads for his neighbor!

This is the second time that he desires a mediator between GOD and man, Job 9:33!

BUT THERE IS ONE LIKE THE SON OF MAN, ONE WHO FELT OUR PAIN, ONE WHO CAN SYMPATHIZE WITH OUR WEAKNESSES! THAT IS THE GOD/MAN JESUS!

Heb 4:15, For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, YET WITHOUT SIN. 

Dan 7:13-14, “I was watching in the night visions, And behold, ONE LIKE THE SON OF MAN, COMING WITH THE CLOUDS OF HEAVEN! He came to the Ancient of Days, And they brought Him near before Him. THEN TO HIM WAS GIVEN DOMINION AND GLORY AND A KINGDOM, THAT ALL PEOPLES, NATIONS, AND LANGUAGES SHOULD SERVE HIM. HIS DOMINION IS AN EVERLASTING DOMINION, WHICH SHALL NOT PASS AWAY, AND HIS KINGDOM THE ONE WHICH SHALL NOT BE DESTROYED.

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Job 13, Never leave me LORD!

Job 13:4-5, But you FORGERS OF LIES, YOU ARE ALL WORTHLESS PHYSICIANS. OH, THAT YOU WOULD BE SILENT, AND IT WOULD BE YOUR WISDOM!

Job was tired of the false accusations of his friends; speaking without knowledge of the truth. It would be better if they just stay silent!

Pro 17:28, Even a fool is counted wise when he holds his peace; When he shuts his lips, he is considered perceptive.

Job 13:7, WILL YOU SPEAK WICKEDLY FOR GOD, AND TALK DECEITFULLY FOR HIM? 

when calamity strikes a person do we say “IT’S BECAUSE OF YOUR SINS”? We speak with limited knowledge, and have no idea what GOD is doing behind the scenes! 

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

EVEN IF GOD KILLS ME, I STILL HAVE HOPE IN HIM! Paul said, Php 1:21, “FOR TO ME, TO LIVE IS CHRIST, AND TO DIE IS GAIN”

Pro 14:32, The wicked is banished in his wickedness, BUT THE RIGHTEOUS HAS A REFUGE IN HIS DEATH. 

Job 13:20-21, “ONLY TWO THINGS DO NOT DO TO ME, … (1) WITHDRAW YOUR HAND FAR FROM ME, (2) And LET NOT THE DREAD OF YOU MAKE ME AFRAID.

1) Job knew where his strength came from, even in this situation. Job lost everything, YET HE DIDN’T WANT TO LOSE HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LIVING GOD! “NEVER WITHDRAW YOUR HAND FROM ME”!

2) God is love and HE wants the best for us! Yet, Job didn’t want to be frighten of GOD! WE SHOULD NEVER BE FRIGHTEN THAT GOD WILL HURT US, BUT THAT WE WILL HURT GOD WITH OUR ACTIONS, SINS, AND UNBELIEF!

Psa 27:13-14, I would have lost heart, unless I had believed That I would see the goodness of the LORD In the land of the living. Wait on the LORD; Be of good courage, And He shall strengthen your heart; Wait, I say, on the LORD!

WHATEVER WERE GOING THROUGH NOW, WAIT ON THE LORD, SEEK HIS FACE! NEVER LOSE HOPE IN HIM BECAUSE EVEN IN DEATH OUR LOVING FATHER STILL REIGNS! JUST WAIT AND SEE!

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Job 8, the Father of all comfort!

Job 8:1,3-4, Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said: … DOES GOD SUBVERT JUDGMENT? OR DOES THE ALMIGHTY PERVERT JUSTICE? IF YOUR SONS HAVE SINNED AGAINST HIM, HE HAS CAST THEM AWAY FOR THEIR TRANSGRESSION.

Bildad said, “YOUR PUNISHMENT SHOWS THAT YOUR GUILTY AND YOUR KIDS GOT WHAT THEY DESERVED!”.  BILDAD, NEVER CONSIDERED HIS PAIN, NOR HIS SUFFERING!

Job 8:5-6, IF YOU WOULD EARNESTLY SEEK GOD AND MAKE YOUR SUPPLICATION TO THE ALMIGHTY, IF YOU WERE PURE AND UPRIGHT, SURELY NOW HE WOULD AWAKE FOR YOU, And prosper your rightful dwelling place.

Isa 3:10, “SAY TO THE RIGHTEOUS THAT IT SHALL BE WELL WITH THEM, FOR THEY SHALL EAT THE FRUIT OF THEIR DOINGS. 

Job, IF you were pure, live with integrity, and seek HIS face then HE would delivery you! YET, God doesn’t help you? YOU REAP WHAT YOU HAVE SOWN JOB!

Job 8:15, HE LEANS ON HIS HOUSE, BUT IT DOES NOT STAND. HE HOLDS IT FAST, BUT IT DOES NOT ENDURE. 

Job, you didn’t build your home, on the ROCK, that’s why it came crashing down!

Mat 7:24-25, “Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I WILL LIKEN HIM TO A WISE MAN WHO BUILT HIS HOUSE ON THE ROCK: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; AND IT DID NOT FALL, FOR IT WAS FOUNDED ON THE ROCK.

While truth may be found in Bildad’s words, HE LACKED COMPASSION, HE LACKED MERCY, BUT WHAT HE TRULY LACKED WAS KNOWING GOD!

2Cor 1:3-4, Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, THE FATHER OF MERCIES AND GOD OF ALL COMFORT, WHO COMFORTS US IN ALL OUR TRIBULATION, THAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO COMFORT THOSE WHO ARE IN ANY TROUBLE, WITH THE COMFORT WITH WHICH WE OURSELVES ARE COMFORTED BY GOD.