{"id":6980,"date":"2020-01-03T20:00:15","date_gmt":"2020-01-04T03:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/?p=6980"},"modified":"2019-12-29T18:02:35","modified_gmt":"2019-12-30T01:02:35","slug":"job3_1-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/job3_1-26\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Things That Help Me When I\u2019m In Pain"},"content":{"rendered":"

Job 3:1-26 Click here for Bible Verses<\/a><\/p>\n

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Hi GAMErs,<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s passage is Job 3:1-26.\u00a0\u00a0Let\u2019s go!<\/p>\n

On verses 1-26:\u00a0\u00a0Job is now in emotional, physical and spiritual anguish, so much so that he curses the day he was born.\u00a0\u00a0In our culture we tend to celebrate people on their birthday.\u00a0\u00a0In cursing the day of his birth, Job was basically saying, \u201cAfter all the trouble and pain I have experienced, I wish I had never lived.\u00a0\u00a0I wish I could die right now.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0If I had to break it down even more, verses 1 to 20 are Job asking the question, \u201cWhy did I have to live?\u201d while verses 21 to 26 are Job asking the question, \u201cWhy can\u2019t I die right now?\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0For Job, death seems to be the only rest he can look forward to (v13-19).<\/p>\n

What can we learn from all this?<\/p>\n

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  1. Notice that Job finally opens up after 7 days of sitting in silence with his friends (see Job\u00a02:13).\u00a0\u00a0Imagine if Job\u2019s friends had given up on the 6th<\/sup>\u00a0day and said, \u201cJob\u2019s never going to talk.\u00a0\u00a0Let\u2019s just go.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0It shows that\u00a0when a person is in great pain, you need to give them time to open up<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0Also, when they finally do open up, don\u2019t be surprised if their words are difficult to hear.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>There is a good chance, as it was in Job\u2019s case, that the person is still in such great pain that their pain is all they can see or feel, at least for the time being.\u00a0\u00a0So be patient with them.\u00a0\u00a0This reminds me to thank God for the friends who were there for me in my darkest moments, who patiently sat by my side and listened both to my silence and my complaints.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    1. If you wish you were never born or struggle because you want to die, then you\u2019re not alone.\u00a0\u00a0Job felt the same way.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0If you feel this way now, don\u2019t give up.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Just as God was not finished writing Job\u2019s story in Job 3, so God is not finished with your story either.<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0In my most painful moments, I have found that two things really help.\u00a0\u00a0The first is having friends who are willing to sit with me and hear me out.\u00a0\u00a0Second,\u00a0when I am in great pain, it helps me to choose an attitude of gratitude<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0That\u2019s because\u00a0sometimes your pain will make you want to focus on everything that\u2019s wrong with your life.<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0But when you choose an attitude of gratitude, you will find that, no matter how difficult or painful a situation may be, there are always things to be thankful for.\u00a0An attitude of gratitude will keep you afloat when all you want to do is sink.\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0It\u2019s no wonder Paul says in 1 Thessalonians\u00a05:18, \u201cgive thanks in all circumstances, for this is God\u2019s will for you in Christ Jesus\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Heavenly Father, thank You for the people in my life who patiently sat with me and waited for me to speak when I was in pain, who bore with my pain-filled perspective and waited on me back to health.\u00a0\u00a0Thank You for every person reading this GAME sharing and how You are not finished with their story.\u00a0\u00a0No matter what their situation is like today, may they choose an attitude of gratitude and experience power and hope to live again as a result.\u00a0\u00a0In Jesus\u2019 name, AMEN!<\/em><\/p>\n

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      Hi GAMErs,<\/p>\n

      Today\u2019s passage is Job 3:1-26.\u00a0\u00a0Let\u2019s go!<\/p>\n

      On verses 1-26:\u00a0\u00a0Job is now in emotional, physical and spiritual anguish, so much so that he curses the day he was born.\u00a0\u00a0In our culture we tend to celebrate people on their birthday.\u00a0\u00a0In cursing the day of his birth, Job was basically saying, \u201cAfter all the trouble and pain I have experienced, I wish I had never lived.\u00a0\u00a0I wish I could die right now.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0If I had to break it down even more, verses 1 to 20 are Job asking the question, \u201cWhy did I have to live?\u201d while verses 21 to 26 are Job asking the question, \u201cWhy can\u2019t I die right now?\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0For Job, death seems to be the only rest he can look forward to (v13-19).<\/p>\n

      What can we learn from all this?<\/p>\n

      Notice that Job finally opens up after 7 days of sitting in silence with his friends (see Job\u00a02:13).\u00a0\u00a0Imagine if Job\u2019s friends had given up on the 6th\u00a0day and said, \u201cJob\u2019s never going to talk.\u00a0\u00a0Let\u2019s just go.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0It shows that\u00a0when a person is in great pain, you need to give them time to open up.\u00a0\u00a0Also, when they finally do open up, don\u2019t be surprised if their words are difficult to hear.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6983,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gametime-sharing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6980"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6980\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6985,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6980\/revisions\/6985"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}