Allan Bartlam | Job 29:1-17 | Job 30:9-10, 30:16-23, 31:35-37
‘How I long for the months gone by,
for the days when God watched over me,
when his lamp shone on my head
and by his light I walked through darkness!
Oh, for the days when I was in my prime,
when God's intimate friendship blessed my house,
when the Almighty was still with me
and my children were around me.’
...
‘I cry out to you, God,
but you do not answer;
I stand up,
but you merely look at me.
You turn on me ruthlessly;
with the might of your hand you attack me.’
...
‘Oh, that I had someone to hear me!’
Job contrasts the blessedness of his former life - maybe it was not quite as perfect as he remembers it? - with the agony of his present state. As Allan explains, most of us experience a mixture of the two, but we can learn from Job's honesty.
The recording includes the readings from Sarah Trinder and ends with a short reflection from Cathie Bartlam.
Why will God not answer my question?
Is God for me or against me?
Among the nations
Do we really long for God?
Who that is innocent has ever perished?
Seeing things rightly
Responding with everything
Is there hope after death?
The coming King
Go, sell everything
Come like a child
Is there hope in a pandemic?
Go, I am sending you
Andy Robinson on church and culture
Andy Robinson on Jesus, the Bible and sexuality
Come, walk on water
Go, tell what God has done
Is there hope for the poor?
Come to me and rest
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