Blessed be the Name

Thursday, October 2, 2014
Job 1:13-21 

13 And there was a day when his sons and his daughters [were] eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house: 14 And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them: 15 And the Sabeans fell [upon them], and took them away; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. 16 While he [was] yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. 17 While he [was] yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The Chaldeans made out three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have carried them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. 18 While he [was] yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Thy sons and thy daughters [were] eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house: 19 And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. 20 Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped, 21 And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.

OBSERVATION QUESTIONS
1) What were Job's children doing on the day before calamities befell him? (v.13)
2) What did the first messenger tell Job? (v.14-15)
3) What did the second messenger tell Job? (v.16)
4) What did the third messenger tell Job? (v.17)
5) What did the fourth messenger tell Job? (v.18-19)
6) How did Job respond to all of that had happened? (v.20-21)

APPLICATION QUESTIONS
7) What is the worst news that you have ever received in your life?
8) How did you respond to the news?
9) Were you able to worship the Lord despite your trouble?

PRINCIPLES
10) The Lord deserves to be worshipped in whatever situation we face, whether good or bad.
11) The Lord does not cause trouble, but He will allow it to test our faith.
12) Nothing that we have in this life belongs to us, we are merely stewards of the things and people that the Lord blesses us with.