Job. A lot of wonderful things
in Job. But let me read these first 12
verses and pick up from there. There was a man in the land of
Uz whose name was Job. Now Uz was where Arabia is. Job was up here in the northeast
corner. That's where the land of Uz was. And his name was Job,
and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feareth
God, and eschewed evil. And there were born unto him
seven sons and three daughters. His substance also was 7,000
sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 she-asses, and a
very great household, so that this man was the greatest of
all the men in the east. And his sons went and feasted
in their houses every one his day and sent and called for their
three sisters to eat and drink with them. And it was so when
the days of their feasting were going about that Job sent and
sanctified them and rose up early in the morning and offered burnt
offerings according to the number of them all. For Job said, it
may be that my sons have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.
And thus did Job continually. He done that regularly. Now there
was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before
the Lord and Satan came also among them. And the Lord said
unto Satan, where'd you come from? Where are you coming from?
Then Satan answered the Lord and said, From going to and fro
in the earth, and from walking up and down in it. And the Lord
said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job? Have you ever
thought about him, considered him, set your heart on him, that
there is none like him in the earth? That's a big, that's a,
what a statement God makes about this man. No, not another man
in the earth like this man, not another one. A perfect and an
upright man, one that fears God, feareth God, and escheweth evil.
Then answered the Lord, and said, Doth Job fear God for naught? That's what I want to deal with
tonight. Does Job fear God for nothing? Hast thou not made a
hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he
hath on every side? Thou hast blessed the work of
his hands, and his substance is increased in the land. Put
forth thy hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he'll curse
thee to thy face. And the Lord said unto Satan,
Behold, all that he hath is in thy power. Only upon himself
put forth not thy hand. So Satan went forth from the
presence of the Lord. Does Job fear God for naught?
Job is the oldest writing in the Bible. He probably lived
between Abraham and Moses, and it was certainly after the flood. And there's lots of questions
that men have been troubled with over the centuries, over the
years, as long as man's been. And philosophers and theologians
and people always ask these questions. And there's five great problems,
but I'm only gonna deal with one of them tonight. Men's been
troubled from the beginning and they've sought answers to five
great problems. They're moral problems, philosophical problems,
religious problems, spiritual problems. And here's the one
I want to deal with tonight. There's five of them. This one
I want to deal with mostly. Is it possible, is it possible
for people like you and me or any man to be activated by pure,
unselfish love for God His Creator, His Maker, and His Savior, and
do it unselfishly for nothing but God Himself. That's the question. You know, that's what he asked
there, verse 9. Satan asked him, he said, does
Job fear God for nothing? Does he fear God for nothing?
And this is the way most men answer this problem. They say,
well, you want to go to heaven, don't you? Well, who in the world
don't want to go to heaven? And they say, you won't go see
Mama again. They make all these earthly issues to be the answer
to this problem. But I'll tell you what, when
you start thinking about a man or a woman that will love God,
activate it in their hearts and in their souls towards God, and
expect nothing from Him, except you worship Him and love Him
for who He is, not for what He does for you. And that's what
most people do. They do what they do for God
because what God does for them. And I tell you what, that's a
great, great question, huh? And I tell you, you go and I've
got five more questions. But Job's a noble book. And I
tell you what, this is a wonderful book. And the first and oldest
statement in the ever-urban problem with man is, is man's destiny
and God's weight with him in this earth. Where is our destiny? And how's God deal with us on
this earth? Huh? How's God deal with us? And the first question is, ask
thou, you know, can a man fear God for nothing? Well, this was
answered, answered clearly and plainly by the most severe, veered
trials upon this man, Job. I mean, nobody, nobody has went
through what Job did. I've met a lot of people, went
through a lot of things. And I've heard of families losing
every member of their family but one. I've heard of people
going bankrupt. I've heard of people doing a
lot of things, but I never, ever met anybody that went through
what Job did. And that's what Satan said, he said, listen,
he said this, he said, you know, here's the problem, you put a
hedge around Job, and you've made him wealthy, and you let
him take everything away from him, take that hedge down, you
know what Job will do? He'll get right up in your face
and put his finger in your face and start cussing you. That's
what he said, that's exactly what Job will do. That's exactly
what, oh my. Job was a great man, great in
wealth. He is smart, he was an intellectual
person. He had great, great moral character. Oh listen, he said at the gate
and people came to him for his wisdom. But he has tried, God
tried him to settle this question once and for all, whether man
is capable of serving God and free from all selfish motives
from themselves. Does Job fear God for naught
as Satan? Oh, he's serving you because
you've prospered him. You've prospered him. He doesn't
love you. He doesn't serve you, except
you prosper him. He does good in your sight just
to get what you give Him to get gain. And you've made a hedge
around Him. You've blessed the workers of
the hand. And it's all selfishness. That's what Satan said. He's
selfish. Job serves you from what you can get out of. I remember
reading about a church or hearing about a church years and years
ago. I don't even think it exists anymore. I believe I can almost
tell you what church it was. But they asked two questions
when people came to ask to be members of their congregation.
They asked two questions. Do you serve God for what you
can get out of him? That's the first question. And
do you think by your efforts you can get those things, God
to do those things for you? Do you serve him for what he
gets up and gives you? And do you think by your efforts
you can get him to give you those things and do those things for
you? Now let's look at Job. See if he fears God for nothing.
Let's see if Satan can cause him to curse God. As Job went
through three trials, and I'm just gonna deal with three of
them, And then, of course, in a lot of different ways, but
I'm gonna deal with them just starting out in this book. First of all, he was tried circumstantially. Tried circumstantially. Job was
meeting with his sons. Remember, he was meeting with
his sons, and he offered sacrifices for them. Said, maybe they sinned.
And I'll tell you what, here he comes, and he's offering sacrifices
for his sons, and he'd done this continually, and his daughters.
because he loved them and he cared for them and he enjoyed
them, and they were a great blessing to his heart. And while they're
meeting, and while they're meeting, Here comes Satan, he comes walking
along, and listen to this, God spoke to him. Satan didn't speak
to God, God spoke to Satan. He said, look here, see my servant
Job over there, you ever thought about him? You ever thought about
him? As Almighty calls his attention
to Job. And I tell you what, people say
Job wasn't saved to the end of the book, but God says right
here there's nobody on the earth like him. Said he is a perfect
man, a just man, and an upright man. Now we understand how he
was perfect. We understand how he was just.
We understand how he was righteous. God made him that way. He did
not do this by his own efforts. He'll be the first to tell you,
I did not attain what I've got. I'm not a just man because I
don't do bad things. I'm not a perfect man because
I do wonderful things. He said, I'm not a righteous
man because I, by my own efforts. Everybody knows that that's how
you're just. God makes you just. God makes
you perfect. God makes you righteous. And
that goes without saying about Job. Anyway, Satan, he knows
human nature. He knows human nature. He overthrew
our first parents when they were in the Garden of Eden in paradise.
And they didn't even know what sin was. So he overthrew them
and he knows human nature. And he said, oh, listen, you
really got your eye on Job, and you say he's a fine fella, and
he's a wonderful man, but I tell you what, there's a reason he
fears you. He don't fear you just for nothing.
You know why he fears you? Because all you do for him. And
so what God does, he says, now, Satan, the Lord said down in
verse 12, all that he hath, His substance now. All that He has
is in your hands. Don't touch Him. Don't touch
Him. So Satan went out from the presence
of the Lord. Oh my. And I, you know, have
y'all ever, you know, you read this first chapter. And here's
Job. Here he is. Worshipping God. Often sacrifices for his children. And there was a day, in verse
13, listen to what happens now. He was tried on one of the happiest
days of his life, and there was a day when his sons and his daughters
were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house.
They was all together, it was a wonderful family, there was
a close-knit family. They all loved to get together.
And they had gone from one mother's house, and they had enjoyed one
mother's company. So the whole family was in this
house. And Satan starts, Satan starts right then and there.
He sends trial after trial to confound Job to get him to curse
God. And look what he said in verse
14. And there came a messenger unto Job and said, the oxen were
plowing and the asses feeding beside. The Zabilians fell on
them and took them away. Killed all the servants and I'm
only alone, he's got to tell thee. Well, all right, I lost
a few oxen. I can get some more. And while
he were yet speaking, standing there in front of Job talking,
there came another one running up. The fire of God's fallen. What that fire of God means is
lightning struck him. The fire of God's fallen from
heaven and burned up the sheep, killed all the sheep. And the
servants, he killed the servants. and consumed them. And I'm the
only one left here to come tell you about it. And while he was
just two men standing there, yes, speaking, and then there
came another. The Chaldeans made out of three
bands, they come on some three different sizes, fell upon the
camels, carried them all away, slew all your servants with the
edge of the sword, and I'm only, I'll escape the long to tell
you. Now I'll tell you what, you all lost two cows the other
day, didn't you? He lost all of his cattle. All of his cattle. Oh my. But these are things that
can be replaced. They can be replaced. And while
he was yet speaking, once done in there, and here comes another,
and here comes another, and here comes the fourth. Here comes
the fourth one. And while he was yet speaking,
there came also another and said, thy sons and thy daughters were
eating and drinking wine in their elder's brother's house. And
behold, there come a great wind, probably a tornado, from the
wilderness and smoked the four corners of that house, tore that
house down right around them. And all fell upon the young men
and they are dead. And I only am escaped alive to
fulfill it. Now, what's Job gonna do? What's
Job gonna do? Sheep's gone. Camels are gone. Oxen are gone. And now all of
his kids are gone. What's he gonna do? Satan said
he's gonna raise his fist up to God and say, God, I hate you. I despise you. I don't want nothing
to do with you. Nah. Did he curse God? Did he blaspheme? How in the
world can he stand with this kind of news? How can he stand?
Why ain't he on his face weeping and crying and moaning and groaning? God, why did you do this to me?
How does he stand? Surely, surely this will end
his faith. His love will turn to anger.
He'll curse the Almighty. He lost all. Does he shriek? Does he scream? Does he holler? Is he full of angriness, bitterness,
gonna give up living? No, look what he said. Verse 20. Then Job arose, rent
his mantle, rent his coat, shaved his head, and fell down upon
the ground and worshiped. I don't believe I could have
done that. I'm just gonna tell you right up front, I couldn't
believe I could have done that. And said, naked, I came out of
my mother's womb. I didn't have nothing when I
come into this world. And I'm gonna go back just the
way I came. The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away. Blessed
be the name of the Lord. That's not what Satan expect
him to do, was it? And all this, Job sinned not,
nor charged God foolishly. Oh, that's what the devil, he
didn't expect that, did he? He didn't expect that. He tried
him with all of his circumstances. I heard a man say today, his
daughter was killed. She was murdered, they found
the murderer. But he said, when I lost my daughter, I lost my
faith. He said, that man upstairs, that's what he said, that man
upstairs said, why would he let something like that happen to
me? So he said, I quit, I lost my
faith. I'll tell you what, he didn't
have any faith. If all it takes is God to cause us to turn His
back on Him and cuss Him to His face by Him taking something
from us, then we're not serving Him for nothing. We're not serving
Him for who He is. Ain't that right? Not only was
He tried circumstantially, everything around Him, everything around
Him is gone. He's sitting in the house. Oh,
my sons and daughters over there, they're enjoying themselves.
I got people out there plowing the fields. I got Campbell's
going here and yonder bringing me wealth from every part of
the world. Bam, bam, bam, bam. All gone. All gone. So quick. Oh, I tell you what. But what
did he do? He said, God said, Satan said,
he's going to crush you. Well, go ahead. Try it. Try it. Well, he was tried physically
then. Well, look down here in chapter two. Well, there was
a day, and that's what it said there before. There was a day
when the sons of God came to present themselves before the
Lord. Over in verse six, it repeats the same thing. There was a day
when the sons of God, children of God, people like us called
sons of God, came to present themselves before the Lord. And
here comes Satan again. among them to present himself
before the Lord. Huh? And the Lord said unto Satan,
who are you coming from? Satan answered and said, Lord.
He said, answered the Lord and said, from going to and fro in
the earth, from walking up and down in it. And the Lord said,
has thou considered my servant Job? There's none like him in
the earth. Perfect and upright man. One that feareth God, eschews
evil, and still, listen to this. This is what God says about him.
In verse three, and still holdeth his integrity, although thou
movest me against him to destroy him without cause. Well, Satan
said, listen, I'll try him again, and I'll make sure he cusses
you to your face this time. And Satan answered and said to
the Lord, yea, skin for skin, for all that ever a man has,
he'll give it for his own life. Listen, you let me live, you
can have everything I got. Just let me live. If I can just
keep on living. But Satan said, but you put forth
your hand now, and touch his bones, touch his flesh, and then
he'll curse you. And the Lord said unto Satan,
behold, he is in your hand, but listen, touch his body, but don't
touch his soul, don't touch his life. So here comes this other
meeting in heaven, Satan comes again, God's still, still talking
about Job, what a wonderful, wonderful servant he is. He had
tried Job to the fullest extent God allowed him to, and he failed. And God said, listen, there's
Job, said you tried to make that, you caused me without a cause
to move my hand against him. And he testifies to Job's faith,
and he says, oh listen, he holds his integrity. You did your best,
and he still is loyal to me. He still is a loyal, loving servant,
one. Well, Satan said, well, you've
only let me out of his circumstances, his substance. I've never touched
his person. You let me touch his person.
Now, he's a strong man. He's full of health. He's still
living. That's what makes him steadfast.
Let me at him, let me at his flesh, let me at his body, and
he'll curse you. God told him, said, well, in
verse six, that he's in your hands, do whatever you want to
do, but save his life, don't touch his soul. Well, Satan works
again, goes to work again. So Satan went forth, in verse
seven, from the presence of the Lord, and smoked Job with sore
balls, from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head. Oh
my, he was full of corruption from his feet, sole of his feet
to top of his head. There wasn't a spot on his body
that wasn't full of corruption. Balls, sickening things coming
out of him. He was just emaciated, covered
up with all this. Just when they looked at him,
it was on his face, on his ears, under his chin, on his forehead,
on the top of his head, all up and down his arms, all up and
down his belly and his back, up and down his legs. Oh, listen. Oh, he smites him with the most
painful, loathsome disease. Job's in agony. Look what it
says. He took a posture to scrape himself, and he sat down among
ashes. He needed some relief, so he
sat down among ashes. Said, I'll take these ashes and
put on me. I'll scrape these things and put ashes on these
things. Maybe that'll help. That'll help. Oh, he's in agony. His existence
is miserable, almost unbearable. His appearance is abhorrent.
And even to his own wife, look what his wife said to him in
verse nine. Huh? She said his wife stood and his
wife said unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity?
Curse God and die! Get it over with! Go ahead and
curse God and let him kill you. Let him kill you. Oh my. How does he stand it? How does
he still go on? How does he answer? What's his
reaction to his wife? What's his reaction to his wife?
You know, when everybody else is against you, if your wife
stands true to you, you can make it. But when your wife tells
you, Job, listen, just quit, just give up. Just give up, Job,
listen. You're just fighting a losing
battle. Oh my. But he said unto her, verse 10,
you speak as one of those foolish women, What? Shall we receive
good at the hand of the Lord? And shall we not receive evil,
trouble, vexation, trouble in this world? And all this did
not Job sin with his lips. Oh my. Can you conceive of a
greater trial that all of his property gone, his service gone,
sons and daughters gone, there's nobody to comfort him. His wife
don't comfort him. Nobody's to comfort him. Nobody
comes to Job and say, Job, I'm so sorry. Nobody come to him
and wept with him. We hear about one of our brothers
and sisters that gets real sick and goes through a great trial,
and we'll weep over him. We'll cry with him. We'll weep
with him. And they'll say, I'm so sorry
that you're having to go through this. I'm so sorry that you're
going through this. We'd weep over them. But Job
didn't have anybody to come up to him and put his arms around
him and say, Job, I'm so sorry that you're going through this.
His wife ought to come and say, Job, listen, let me wash your
wounds. Let me take care of your wounds. Let me wash out for you. Let me comfort you. Job, just
give it up. Just give it up. Go ahead and
cuss God. Die, get it over with. But oh
no, no, no. Sir, health is gone. Service
gone. He said, you know, if this hadn't
happened to him, he said, I still have my health, I still have
my strength. And by hard work and diligence, I'll recover my
wealth. But oh my, oh, everybody's gone. I still have a loving,
dedicated wife. But that wasn't the case. And
all this great trial brought to bear upon this man. And he's
left alone by himself. And the only reason that God
did this is to show us that it is absolutely possible for a
man to fear God for nothing. For nothing. that Job wasn't
a selfish man interested only in what God did for him and his
health. And that's one thing that I tell
you I utterly, utterly despise, is this health and wealth gospel.
Preachers tell people all the time, boy, if you'll pay your
tithes, Be faithful. Man, you can drive the best automobile's
money and pay for it. You can live in the biggest houses.
Oh, listen, you can have health. Oh, God'll bless you, God'll
bless you, God'll bless you. Well, here's a man that had everything. And God took everything he had
and then took his health away from him. Took his health away from him.
Tell you what, I told my doctor last week. You know, I go in
once a year to get my blood took and have a physical and all that,
you know. I told him, said, you know, said,
doctor said, I know, I said, I know I'm going to leave this
world one of these days. And, but I tell you one thing
I'm going to do, said, I'm going to take care of myself. I'm going
to eat right, and I'm going to run, and I'm going to do all
the things that you need to do to stay healthy. So when you
ever hear me dying, I'm going to die healthy. He said, yep,
that's gonna be your obituary. Donnie Bell died, but he died
healthy. But now listen, Job wasn't gonna
die healthy. Here he was, he wasn't healthy.
He wasn't healthy. Oh my, what would happen to me
if my health was going just like that? It could happen. It could
happen. Let's hell or steady. Missionary
for 50-something years in Papua, New Guinea. Papua, New Guinea.
Translated the Bible in some of those tribal languages. And
now, he don't hardly know who he is
or where he's at or anybody else around him. He don't know to drink. They
had to force water down him. He don't know what it is to take
a bath now. He don't know what it is to change
clothes. He just goes to bed with the clothes he gets on and
gets up with them. Oh, we don't know what's going
to happen to us when we leave this world. But I'll tell you this, I'll
tell you this before I move on to my next point. That man may
not know who he is and where he is and what he's supposed
to do. But God knows who he is, God knows where he is, and God
knows how he is. And when the time's done, he's
gonna take him home. Ain't that right? Your daddy
didn't, you know, your daddy, he said, listen, I can't wait
for the Lord to come get me. That's why Job, he said, listen,
Job did not sin or charge God, he did sin not with his mouth.
He did not see him with his mouth. Oh my. Just to show us that man
can worship God and not lose everything else they got and
worship God. And then let me give you the
last point. Not only was he tried in his substance and in his circumstances
and in his health, But he was tried theologically. Now what
do I mean by that? He was tried about his view of
God. About his view of God. Now here's
what his friends said to him when they came down there. They
come afar. Look what it says down here in
verse 11. Now when Job's three friends
heard of all, chapter 2, 11, heard of all this evil that's
come upon him, they came every one from his own place, Eliaphaz,
Bildad, Zophar, for they had made an appointment together
to come to mourn with him and to comfort him. And when they
lifted up their eyes afar off and knew him not, they didn't
even recognize him. He was in such a sad state and
so sick and so awful looking that they didn't recognize him.
That's not Job, that's not Job. And they knew him not. They lifted
up their voice and wept. And they when every man sprinkled
dust upon his head, and they sat down on the ground seven
days and seven nights, and never said a word, never said a word. But here's what they said, and
this is what men say today. I was told this and taught this
about all my life, and I tell you, the fundamentalists believe
this, the average Baptist believe this, and almost all religions
believe this. Afflictions comes immediately
from the hand of God when God gets angry with you, and He afflicts
you. He afflicts you. He proves that
God regards him who's afflicted as a great, great sinner. He
afflicts you because you sin. He makes you suffer because you've
sinned. And I tell you that's what they
said, Job, you must have really, really, really sinned for God
to let this come on you. And that's the way religion is.
If something sickness comes upon you, God's getting even with
you. Car breaks down, God's getting
even with you. Children get sick in the hospital,
God's punishing you. You better find out where that
sin's at in your life. You better get rid of it. That's
natural doctrine. But Job's soul said, that's not
so. That's not so. His fear said he was a great
sinner, that God was against him. And this goes on day after
day after day after day. Torture to his heart and to his
mind. Does his loyalty to God give away? Give away, no. No, let me tell you. Does his
faith in God quit? Let me show you two verses of
scriptures in closing. Look on Job chapter 13, verse
15. God gives us these things and
teaches these things to show us that a man, a man, people
like us, no matter what God does, we're still gonna worship Him.
We're gonna worship Him. We're gonna worship Him. Remember when you didn't have
anything? But look what it said here in
chapter 13, verse 15. Though he slay me. Though he kills me. That's all
right. Yet, I'm gonna trust him. I'm gonna trust him. And I'm
gonna maintain my ways before him. I'm gonna keep on just like
I always have. I'm gonna keep on worshiping
him, keep on honoring him, keep on trusting him, though he slay
me. Look in chapter 19. in chapter
19, verse 25. I've preached from this place
several times over the years. Oh my, Job, the question settled
for all time that a human soul can fear God for nothing. And he said here in verse 25,
he said, listen to this, now for I know that my Redeemer liveth. Not gonna live, that he lives
right now. Talk about being a perfect man, a just man, an upright man,
a righteous man, right there proves it. My Redeemer living
right now. The one that bought my soul and
paid for my sin, right now my Redeemer lives. Right now, not
gonna live, right now. And I tell you what he's gonna
do, when this world comes to an end, he's gonna stand at the
latter day upon the earth. Oh my, now listen, and after
I go to the grave and skin worms decide this body, listen to what
he says now, but in this body, I'm gonna still see him one of
these days. And listen to this, I'm gonna see him for myself.
I'm gonna see him for myself. You know why he said I'm gonna
see him for myself at the end? Because he's seen him for himself
in the beginning. If you see Him for yourself now,
you'll see Him for yourself when you go into eternity. Huh? Listen, and I'll tell you what,
that's what He said, yeah. Oh, if He slays me, I'm gonna
trust Him. My Redeemer's living right now.
I'll tell you, true religion, religion that God gives a man,
salvation that God gives a man, It makes God to be more precious
to them and Christ be more precious to them than anything else in
this world. Our relationship to Him is not
based on our wealth, it's not based on our children, not based
on our reputation, not based on our health, not based on our
theological convictions, and we're all what you call Calvinists.
but it's based upon the life that God Himself gave us in Christ. We cannot do without Him. We can do without everything
in this world, but you can't do without Him. You can lose your home, but you
can't lose Christ. You can lose your wife, but you
can't lose Christ. You can lose your health, but
you can't lose Christ. You can lose everything you got,
and God will still say, He is mine. And I say, yes sir, like
Solomon said, my beloved is mine, and I am his. And I tell you
what, God will try you, and try you, and try you, and see what
I tell you, if it don't come out that way. Hey, how many times
he tried you, and it's come out that way? Huh? Oh my. Oh, listen. This is what the
Lord taught. This is what the Lord gives.
You know what the Lord causes us to be concerned about? Little
about the gains and losses here, or heaven and hell. When God
saves us, He concerns us with the relationship with God Himself.
And that's all that really matters when it's all said and done.
This'll perish. She'll perish. I'll perish. You'll
perish. You'll perish. But God will always
be God. Christ will always be Christ.
And salvation will always be of God in Christ, and the only
hope we've got is Him. Take everything else away, and
we've still got Him. Lose your mind, but God knows
it. Lose your health, God knows it.
I tell you what, thank God. Thank God that we're in His hands.
And you know there ain't a thing in the world, I heard Bruce Crabtree
preach on this very thing, the Lord gave, the Lord take away.
One of these days, another shoe's gonna drop, and Jo, Jo is gonna,
she's gonna close her eyes, and Bruce gonna be standing there
with her when she leaves this world. And he'll stand there
and weep, but will it make him forsake his God? I've seen too many pain. I've
seen a man bury a son and a daughter. A preacher bury a son and a daughter. And he kept right on preaching.
Where was God when your son died? Same place he was when his son
died. He's on his throne. Oh listen,
we worship God for who he is. Who He is. Oh, I tell you, if
we can't worship Him for who He is, that's what this whole
thing's about. He don't have to give me nothing
to cause me to love Him and worship Him. Nothing. Well, I gotta quit. Our Father,
oh, our Father, how glorious You are. How precious You are.
How blessed You are. Solomon said, the heaven of heaven
of heavens can't contain you. And Lord, no matter how thick
the darkness may get, it's just like light under you. No matter how strong the storm
may be, you'll always say, peace be still. And no matter what
happens to us in this world, you've always upheld us, always
kept us. And Lord, oh Lord Jesus, we give ourselves
to you, Lord, and I'm so thankful you take us. You take us the
way we are. You take us the way we are. Not like we want to be, not even
like we ought to be, but like we are. And Lord, I thank you
for that. Thank you for teaching us these
things in your precious, precious word. God bless these saints
as they go their way. For Christ's sake, for Christ's
sake, amen, amen. Well, good night. God bless you. I tell you what,
that just, it's overwhelming to think about
God. It's just overwhelming how faithful he is, how precious
he is.