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NASB | Job 3:25 "For what I fear comes upon me, And what I dread befalls me. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Job 3:25 "For the thing which I greatly fear comes upon me, And that of which I am afraid has come upon me. |
Subject: Job 3:25 What is the thing Job feared? |
Bible Note: Dwayne, the Book of Job does give us a clue, and a provocative one at that, concerning God's allowing His servant Job to suffer. It is not found in the advice of Job's wife, certainly, who told her husband to curse God and die. Nor is it found in the bumbling advice of Job's friends which is scarcely any better than Job's wife's advice. You'll need to go to the last chapter of the book to find it, in Job 42:1-6. Job emerged from his severe testing with a fresh appreciation of God's sovereigny and his own finitude; with renewed faith in the sufficiency of God in the believer's life and a clearer realization of the limits of his own wisom and the folly of his sin. Job finally and fully admits that his perspective has been limited and he comes to the point in his life when he humbly, willingly and, yes, thankfully, joyfully and totally submits to God's will and authority. ..... This, I believe, is the real message of the Book of Job. ..... The apostle Paul is another of God's servants who endured suffering and hardship at every turn, who, when the time of his departure was at hand, was able to say, "I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing" (2 Timothy 4:7,8). ..... Dwayne, I do appreciate your response and your kind thanks. In Him, Hank. |