Connect360: Hope on Display 

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Lesson 7 in the Connect360 unit “Praise Him in the Storm: When Life Falls Apart” focuses on Job 13:15-16; 14:1-2, 14-17.

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  • Lesson 7 in the Connect360 unit “Praise Him in the Storm: When Life Falls Apart” focuses on Job 13:15-16; 14:1-2, 14-17.

“Though he slay me, I will hope in him” (Job 13:15a). How many of us will utter those words out loud and without fear? First, we do not care for being slain in any fashion. Correct? Especially if our faith is not yet solid in Jesus Christ. Job said, “Although you kill me, God, or cut me off from all you provided, I did not surrender the hope I have in you, God.”

Job looked at his circumstances through the lens of trusting God. He did not place his trust in what he saw going on around him through physical eyesight. Job trusted the One he could not see with natural eyes. As students of the word of God, it will benefit us to learn to trust God through every situation, whether good or bad. We cannot rely on what we see, but Christians walk by faith and the knowledge of God through Christ Jesus.

Job continued his defense to Zophar because he knew the strength of his integrity. He knew himself so well, Job thought he could stand before God and defend himself. “Nevertheless, I will argue my ways before him” (13:15b). Here Job was speaking as a person who would protect himself in a court of law with zero knowledge of the court’s inner workings and without knowledge of the law. That person will be found guilty.

Additionally, people who thinks they can stand before a holy God to defend themselves have already lost their case. We all are sinners (Romans 3:23). When we go before God, it should be in great humility and reverence for who God is, not defending ourselves, even in innocence. We are reminded, “Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come” (Revelation 4:8b).

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