JOB GOT DOUBLE FOR HIS TROUBLE!

JOB 1:12-22

INTRO:  YOU  KNOW THE STORY, V. 1, HE WAS A  PERFECT AND UPRIGHT MAN, ONE THAT FEARED GOD AND ESCHEWED EVIL! 

?         V.3  HE WAS A WEALTHY MAN

?         V.7-8  (EXPLAIN)       THE LORD KNEW JOB, LOVED HIM AND COULD STAND THE TEST!

?         V.10 -12  (EXPLAIN)

?         V.14-17     IM GOING TO RELATE SOME THINGS  JOB LOST IN THESE VERSES, TO OUR CHRISTIAN LIFE THAT WE DON’T NEED TO LOSE.

?         I DON’T BELIEVE JOB LOST THESE THINGS BECAUSE OF SOMETHING HE DID, IT WAS JUST A TRIAL IN HIS LIFE.    WE WILL HAVE TRIALS, HEARTACHES, SORROWS,  BUT IM LIKE JOB, I KNOW MY REDEEMER LIVETH.

?         I WANT US TO LOOK  AT THE LIVESTOCK OR ANIMALS HE LOST AND COMPARE THEM SPIRITUALLY TO THINGS WE DON’T NEED TO PASS US BY.

 1-  HE LOST HIS OXEN    V.14

?         OXEN ARE NORMALLY USED AS A TEAM, PAIRED UP,  WORK TOGETHER.

?         IN OTHER WORDS YOU COULD USE OXEN ,  FOR UNITY!

?         THE OXEN THAT ARE TOGETHER HAS TO WORK TOGETHER,  IF THERE IS ONE WANTING TO PULL ONE WAY AND THE OTHER THE OTHER WAY,  THEN THERE IS DISCORD.

?         THEY HAVE TO WORK AS A TEAM, TOGETHER.

?         THAT’S  WHAT WE NEED TO KEEP IN OUR CHURCHES UNITY!  LOVE!  HARMONY!

PSALM 133:1Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!

THE EARLY CHURCH HAD UNITY,  Ac 2:44 And all that believed were together, and had all things common;

?         THE DEVIL TO MANY TIMES USES LITTLE THINGS, LIKE THE PREACHER IS PREACHING TO ME, OR  SHE DOESN’T CARE TO MUCH FOR ME OR HE OR SHE DOESN’T LIKE ME!

?         IF WE DON’T WORK TOGETHER WE WILL NEVER GET ANYTHING DONE FOR GOD!

?         MARK 2:1-12 (EXPLAIN THE PALSIED MAN)    THESE 4 MEN ALL HAD A PART.

2-  HE GOT HIS DONKEYS STOLEN    VS.14-15

?         A DONKEY IS KNOWN AS A BEAST OF BURDEN!

Ga 6:2 Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.

Ps 55:22 Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.

?         (STORY)     THERE WAS  A DONKEY FELL INTO AN OLD DRIED UP WELL, SOMEONE SAW THE DONKEY IN THE WELL, AND IF I REMEMBER THE STORY RIGHT, THE DONKEY WAS HURT, SO THEY JUST DECIDED TO COVER HIM UP AND FILL IN THE  WELL AND BURY HIM THERE.  BUT EVERY TIME THEY WOULD SHOVEL DIRT IN ON HIM, HE WOULD SHAKE IT OFF AND IT WOULD FALL BENEATH HIS FEET AND AS THEY KEPT DOING IT , EVENTUALLY HE JUST PACKED UNDER HIS FEET UNTIL HE GOT UP HIGH ENOUGH TO JUMP ON OUT.

?         THAT’S WHAT WE NEED TO DO FIRST OF ALL DON’T PUSH SOMEONE ON DOWN WHEN THEIR ALREADY DOWN, HELP THEM UP OUT OF WHAT TROUBLE THEIR IN.     AND THEN  WHAT EVER THE WORLD THROWS OUR WAY JUST SHAKE IT OFF, AND GO ON FOR THE GLORY OF GOD.

?         A VIPER CAME OUT OF THE FIRE WHILE PAUL WAS PUTTING SOME WOOD ON IT AND GRABBED HIM ON THE WRIST, HE JUST SHOOK IT BACK OFF INTO THE FIRE.

?         LETS HELP EACH OTHER MAKE IT THRU!

3-  HE LOST HIS SHEEP  V.16

?         SHEEP IS A SYMBOL OF SACRIFICE!

LETS DON’T LOSE OUR SACRIFICE OF PRAISE   Heb 13:15 By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.

?         ROM. 12:1

?         SACRIFICE IS GIVING UP OF ONE THING FOR THE SAKE OF ANOTHER.

?         THERE IS SACRIFICE IN SERVING GOD,   THE ENEMY WANTS US TO FORGET  ABOUT TITHEING ,  CHUCH ATTENDENCE.

4- HE LOST HIS CAMELS   V.17

?         CAMELS REPERSENT THOSE LONG DRY PLACES THAT WE HAVE TO GO THRU IN LIFE.

?         THOSE PLACES WHERE ITS SO DUSTY AND DRY SPIRITUALLY.

?         THOSE PLACES WHERE YOU DON’T ALWAYS FEEL HEAVENS BREEZE

?         AND WHEN WE GET TO THOSE PLACES IT DOESN’T MEAN TO GIVE INTO IT ,  BUT KEEP ON KEEPING ON!

?         WE GET IN A PLACE OF  FAMINE (SPIRITUALLY)

?         ELIMELECH AND NAOMI  MOVED TO MOAB BECAUSE THERE WAS A FAMINE IN THE LAND, BUT THEY SHOULD HAVE STOOK WITH IT, BECAUSE GOD WILL SEND THE RAIN AGAIN!

?         IF YOUR IN A DRY PLACE, THERE IS A RAINBOW IN THE CLOUDS FOR YOU AND THE RAIN WILL COME.

?         STAY WITH THE CHURCH IN THOSE DRY SPELLS ,  THE GRASS ALWAYS  LOOKS GREENER,  BUT THEY TOO HAVE DRY SPELLS.

?         BUT THE CAMEL IS KNOWN FOR ITS ABILITY TO STORE WATER, IN OTHER WORDS WHEN ITS IN THE DESERT, THOSE DRY, LONG DUSTY PLACES, IT HAS A SOURCE OF WATER, REFRESHMENT WHEN IN THE DESERT.

LETS DON’T LOSE OUR SOURCE OF REFRESHMENT, THAT LIVING WATER, THAT CAN REFRESH AND PRODUCE RIVERS OF LIVING WATER. Joh 7:38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.

CONCLUSION:    LETS MAKE SURE WE DON’T LOSE:

?         UNITY

?         THE BURDEN TO BEAR ONE ANOTHERS BURDENS

?         OUR SACRIFICE

?         OUR SOURCE OF REFRESHMENT, THE LIVING WATER

BUT IN CHAPTER 42:10 Job 42:10 And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before

?         SO  JOB GOT DOUBLE FOR HIS TROUBLE!