DANIEL CHAPTER ONE

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Job 6:15-23

- SO POWERFUL!


- From where he is, Job finds the strength to speak about his own family and they are not here, they are of no help!

- Of course, we are all different!

- We take different ways!

- It is difficult to build a strong connection between human beings!

- We don’t go at the same speed!

- Do we go faster when we are alone?

- Job is incredible with all the strength he finds from his pain and suffering!

- Do we need to be in such a mental condition to be able to express our deepest feelings?

- It also tells us how much we have to strive to get closer to God and Jesus if we want them to do the same!

- It’s a two way move!

- We have to work hard to build a special relationship!

 

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Job 6: 24

- A dialogue is interesting when it is constructive,

when it helps you to go ahead, to push you, to analyze

a situation, to visualize different perspectives!

- And Job has the experience to go in this direction

but the people who have come to him are unable to

be constructive, they are just condemning him!

- So it goes nowhere except when we listen to Job

because again he has the experience!

 

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Job 6: 25

- Yes, there is nothing better than being constructive!

- There is nothing better when it helps to go ahead and evolve and make you stronger and positive and able to fight back!

 

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- Coming back to Job 6:25

- Are the three individuals who come to Job “the devil’s cavalry”?

- Well, pretty bad choice because JOB answers back with a NUCLEAR WEAPON from the pit where the devil has put him!

 

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- Coming back to this verse in Job 6:25

- HONEST WORDS – BENEFIT – REPROOF

- ENCOURAGING PEOPLE IS A POWERFUL WEAPON!

- SOMETIMES WE CAN ALSO ENCOURAGE BY OUR PRESENCE MEANING IT IS NOT ALWAYS NECESSARY TO SAY A WORD!

- THERE IS A TIME FOR EVERYTHING!

- IN A MEAL WE CAN ADD SALT OR PEPPER TO MAKE IT TASTIER!

- SOMETIMES IT IS GOOD WITHOUT SALT AND PEPPER!

 

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- The three individuals sent by the devil to Job offer him a bad meal!

- He offers them a DELICIOUS ONE, I would say THE BEST ONE BY FIGHTING BACK WITH ALL HIS STRENGTH AND FROM THE PIT!

- ABSOLUTELY IMPRESSIVE BEYOND WORDS!

- RESPECT FOR JOB!

 

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- I have never thought of that, but IS THE BOOK OF JOB A BIG TABLE FOR THE SINNERS WE ARE WITH PLENTY OF SUCCULENT DISHES WE NEED TO DIGEST AND BEFORE THAT CHEW AS RUMINANTS DO?

 

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- SUCCULENT DISHES WE NEED TO CHEW IN OUR BRAINS AGAIN AND AGAIN, WHEN WE GET UP, DURING THE DAY, WHEN WE GO TO BED AND WHEN WE SLEEP, AT ANY TIME?

 

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- SUCCULENT DISHES WE NEED TO CHEW TO KEEP MENTALLY FIT AND STRONG WHATEVER MAY HAPPEN IN OUR LIFE?

 

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- SUCCULENT DISHES WHICH ARE NOT MILK FOR CHILDREN BUT SOLID FOOD FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO GROW SPIRITUALLY!

 

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- AND THIS KIND OF FOOD IS ONLY SERVED AT JOB’S TABLE!

- OF COURSE THERE ARE OTHER TABLES WHICH ARE EXCELLENT TOO!

 

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- JOB IS DEFINITELY AN INCREDIBLE AND POWERFUL SOURCE OF INSPIRATION AND ENCOURAGEMENT AND INVITATION TO GOD’S TABLE AND THIS BEYOND WORDS!

 

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- SO LET’S REPEAT AFTER YAH.WEH: THERE IS NO ONE LIKE HIM ON EARTH!

 

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- YOU FEEL BAD THEN HAVE A LOOK AT THE BOOK OF JOB AND ESPECIALLY AT HIS WORDS

- OR BETTER SAID, HAVE A LOOK AT THE BOOK OF JOB AGAIN AND AGAIN AND BEFORE YOU FEEL BAD, ALWAYS HAVING IN MIND HIS WORDS AND THINKING ABOUT THEM AND HOW HE STAYED A ROCK EVEN IN THE PIT ALWAYS FIGHTING BACK WHATEVER WOULD HAPPEN!

 

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Job 6:26

- As Job says, he speaks because he is desperate and his desperation goes away!


- Every word is DESPERATION!


- But they don’t care! That is a huge mistake! No, it is unforgivable!


- They are pitiless!


- They are of no help!

- May we listen to Job not to follow their examples and be helpful by listening and comforting and being positive and help to recover!

 

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- Of course, there are many different situations where to find desperation!

- And there are different levels of desperation!

- Of course, Job was not going to die!

- Probably, the hardest desperation is when people are going to die!

- It’s not the time to wake up when people are dead!

- We must do something when they are still alive!

- When we are present, we show that we care!

- It is important to take advantage of any minute to show people that we love them or appreciate them!

 

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- Having to deal with someone who is quadriplegic is also difficult!

- Of course, the person is not going to die!

- Thus there is always hope!

- Let’s think about Stephen Hawking the physicist: he could only use his brain but he did it in such a way and the specialists only gave him a short time to live and he could prove them to be wrong!

 

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- Having to deal with someone who is paraplegic is also difficult!

- It’s not easy to stop being able to walk and run and do many things with the legs!

- But there are so many examples of people who are doing sport being paraplegic!

- And at first, they may get depressed!

- But we have our legs and we can go for a walk with them pushing their wheelchairs and nature is so beautiful and has so much to offer and so much life!

- And we can help them do some sport!

- And mental activities are also important!

- Think about blind people and how they can compensate for the loss of sight!

- There are always ways to enjoy life and studying the Bible is an essential one to keep hope in spite of what happens every day in the world!

 

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Job 6:27

You would also cast lots over an orphan

And sell your own friend!

- Job’s words are really hard!

- But sometimes and often it is important to tell things as it has to be told!

- Otherwise we may regret it!

- And Job invites us to remember his words and not act like the three individuals who came to see him to help him but did the reverse!

- Of course, when we act stupidly, we need to be told!

- But someone who is desperate or depressed first needs people to understand how he feels and to listen to him and to be encouraged to go back to life gradually and not too fast!

- Imagine someone who has been in a coma and must learn everything again!

 

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Job 6:28

Job tells the three men to turn and look at him!

Because he is not going lie in front of them!

- When we speak to people, do we really look at them?

- It doesn’t mean looking at the person all the time because to concentrate it is necessary to close one’s eyes or close the doors and the windows and get inside!

- But at least when the person expresses his feelings or moves we must watch carefully to interpret!