There Was a Man Named Job

Passage: Job 1:1-12

In our series in Proverbs this summer, we saw that those who pursue and live according to God's wisdom generally experience blessings such as prosperity, peace, health, protection, guidance and long life. The overall message of Proverbs is the way of the wise or righteous leads to life and joy and the way of the foolish or wicked leads to suffering and death. But what about when the righteous suffer? What are we to make of deep pain, loss, tragedy and suffering in the lives of those who trust God and whose way is blameless and upright? That question is at the heart of the story of Job, a great man who suffered greatly. And while Job does not get all his questions answered (and neither do we), his life and his response to suffering, have a great deal to teach us about facing suffering of our own or of others, trusting God's sovereignty in suffering, and hoping in the redemption that comes through suffering, even when we don't have all the answers. Join us this Sunday as we kick off our fall series in the book of Job: When the Righteous Suffer.