约伯记［第6章］
Book of Job 6
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约伯记［第6章］|Book of Job 6【苦难中的大能】
20/12/2023
引言：
所谓经一事长一智···；有许多人生的智慧都是在熬炼中长出来的。
一、义人也有生不如死之痛（V1-9）
1.切身之苦重于一切（V1-3）
约伯切身的经历是言语无法形容的痛苦，这痛苦如果可以用天平来称的话，结果是比海沙更重！所以他的言语又急躁、又冒失，顾不了体面了。当护士的通常都有这样的经验，痛苦中的病人容易失控无礼而冒犯他人。
神许可祂的儿女遇见苦难，往往经历过苦难的人更容易明白和去安慰受苦中的人。
2.求神取去我性命吧（V4-9）
约伯虽然没有忘记神是全能的，包括如今他所受的痛苦都是神的箭射在他身上、又喝尽毒水、神还在四围让他面对惊吓！无论动物或人，只要基本的供应还有，也许就不会抱怨埃亨了。但是约伯的经历不但失去一切，剩下的只有痛苦，毫无希望。因此他对神发出急切的呼求，就是让我死了吧！
约伯对神的认识虽然不是全知，因为他不知道是神许可魔鬼攻击他，而神以‘信心’相信约伯会坚定信靠神，无论考验有多大；神都相信约伯。因为神知道约伯不会因为失去一切，因痛苦落难就离弃神。这是非凡独特的信心啊！
二、绝望困苦中的一丝力量（V10-14）
第10节实在经典：“我因没有违弃那圣者的言语，就仍以此为安慰，在不止息的痛苦中还可踊跃。” 约伯因为没有半点违背神、或否定神的话，他因此找到安慰和快乐。这是一种反向思维的力量啊！眼前不但是暗淡无光，连朋友的帮助也变成雪上加霜的重伤。在一无可取的现实绝望中，约伯竟然想到自己并没有因此背弃神或否定神，因此这也是一种安慰和快乐。
三、苦难中分析与反省人生（V15-30）
1.助人是否真助人？
前来相助的朋友怎么变成行诡诈呢？干渴之地需要溪水，怎么却变成干枯的河道？事与愿违带来极大的失望。约伯哪怕是身在极度艰难的困苦中，都没有期待朋友供应他什么需要。其实约伯不是真的没有需要，只是朋友的帮助不但不是帮助，反而是加重约伯的幸苦。
实际的帮助人不是讲一堆大道理！而是尝试去感同身受。
2.苦难带来更深反省
约伯也不断在思考为什么苦难会临到自己？其实他也愿意听朋友们的理解是什么？约伯除了不认为自己有犯了什么罪之外，他是愿意去思考朋友所提出的见解。这就是为什么约伯不断的发表自己的看法。从中带来许多检视。我们不也是在人生的许多考验中累积经验吗？越多的自我检视，就会越多的成长。
总结：生命中的潜在力
生命中的每一个苦难、考验、或低谷，都是生命经历的提升点。生命中的潜在力是隐藏的，而开启隐藏的潜在力，往往是透过生命中的重大考验！
Job Chapter 6: The Power in the Midst of Suffering
GK611 Morning Devotion
20/12/2023
The Morning Devotion Speaker: Rev David Tan
Introduction:
It is said that wisdom grows by experience---; there are many life's wisdom that grows in the midst of suffering.
1. Even the righteous have the pain that is to live is no better than to die (Job 6:1-9)
(1) Personal suffering is more important than everything else (V1-3)
Job's personal experience was an indescribable pain, which, if it could be weighed on a scale, would turn out to be heavier than the sand of the sea! So his words were hasty and impudent, and he could not care less about decency. As nurses usually experience, patients in pain are apt to lose control of their manners and offend others.
God permits His children to meet suffering, and often those who have experienced suffering are more likely to understand and comfort those who are suffering.
（2） Ask God to take my life (V4-9)
Although Job had not forgotten that God is all-powerful, including the suffering he was going through now, it was God's arrows that shot at him, and he drank all the poisonous water, and God also let him face the shock in all the surroundings! Whether animal or human, as long as the basic provisions are still there, perhaps they will not complain and wail. But Job's experience was not only a loss of everything, but all that remained was pain and hopelessness. So his desperate cry to God was let me die!
Although Job's knowledge of God was not omniscient because he did not know that it was God who had given permission for the devil to attack him, and that God believed by 'faith' that Job would steadfastly trust in God, no matter how great the trial; God believed in Job. For God knew that Job would not forsake God because he had lost everything, because he was in pain and in distress. What a remarkable and unique faith!
2. A Glimmer of Strength in the Midst of Despair and Distress (Job 6:10-14)
Verse 10 is truly classic: "Then I would still have comfort; though in anguish I would exult, He will not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One."
Job, because he had not half disobeyed God, or denied His word, he found comfort and joy in it. What a power of reverse thinking! Not only is there darkness before his eyes, but even the help of his friends turns out to add insult to injury. In the despair of the reality of having nothing to offer, Job even thought that he had not therefore turned his back on God or denied Him, and therefore this was also a kind of comfort and joy.
3. Analysing and reflecting on life in the midst of suffering (Job 6:15-30)
(1) Is helping people really able to help people?
How does a friend who comes to help turn into practicing deceit? How does a thirsty land need a stream of water, but it turns into a dry river? Disappointment comes when things do not turn out the way we want them to. Job did not expect his friends to provide for his needs, even in the midst of extreme hardship. In fact, it was not true that Job did not have any needs, but rather the help of his friends was not a help, but rather an aggravation of Job's suffering.
Practical help is not a bunch of lectures! Rather, it is trying to empathise.
(2) Suffering Brings Deeper Reflection
Job was also constantly thinking about why suffering was coming to him. In fact, he was willing to listen to what his friends understood. In addition to not believing that he had committed any sin, Job was willing to consider the insights of his friends. This is why Job continually voices his opinion. It brings much scrutiny. Don't we also accumulate experience through the many trials of life? The more we examine ourselves, the more we grow.
Conclusion: Potential Power in Life
Every suffering, trial, or low point in life is an uplifting point of life experience. The potential power in life is hidden, and the hidden potential power is often unlocked through major trials in life!
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