Set a Time to Remember Me

Monday, October 13, 2014
Job 14:7-13  

7 For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. 8 Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground; 9 [Yet] through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant. 10 But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where [is] he? 11 [As] the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up: 12 So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens [be] no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep. 13 O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!

OBSERVATION QUESTIONS
1) What is the "hope of a tree"? (v.7-9)
2) What is the fate of man? (v.10-12)
3) What was Jobs plea to the Lord? (v.13)

APPLICATION QUESTIONS
4) Have you ever suffered a loss that was so devastating that you despaired of life? If so, what happened?
5) Have you ever felt that the Lord was angry with you? If so, why?
6) What, if anything, do you appreciate about nature more than the lowly estate of man?

PRINCIPLES
7) Nature provides a glimpse into the goodness of God.
8) When we lose our hope in God, we lose our hope in life.
9) Our relationship with the Lord enables us to endure the suffering that we will face in this life.