July 26, 2026
God Heals Our Suffering
- Shawn Green
Sermon Notes
Why would a good God allow something like this to happen?
God, where are you?
Why is this happening to me?
How does God heal our suffering?
How did God heal Job’s suffering?
Job 42:1-4 NIV
Then Job replied to the Lord: “I know that you can do all things; no purpose of yours can be thwarted. You asked, ‘Who is this that obscures my plans without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know. “You said, ‘Listen now, and I will speak; I will question you, and you shall answer me.’”
Job 42:5 NIV
“My ears had heard of you but now my eyes have seen you.”
Job 42:6 NIV
“Therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes.”
God healed Job with an encounter, not an explanation.
Job 42:7-8; 9b NIV
After the Lord had said these things to Job, he said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “I am angry with you and your two friends, because you have not spoken the truth about me, as my servant Job has. So now take seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. My servant Job will pray for you, and I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly. You have not spoken the truth about me, as my servant Job has.” and the Lord accepted Job’s prayer.
God healed Job through reconciliation.
Job 42:10-13 NIV
After Job had prayed for his friends, the Lord restored his fortunes and gave him twice as much as he had before. All his brothers and sisters and everyone who had known him before came and ate with him in his house. They comforted and consoled him over all the trouble the Lord had brought on him, and each one gave him a piece of silver and a gold ring. The Lord blessed the latter part of Job’s life more than the former part. He had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand yoke of oxen and a thousand donkeys. And he also had seven sons and three daughters.
God healed Job by redeeming his loss.
Are you seeking an explanation from God more than an encounter with Him?
Is there a relationship that needs reconciled?
How might God want to redeem your suffering?
Job 42:16-17 NIV
After this, Job lived a hundred and forty years; he saw his children and their children to the fourth generation. And so Job died, an old man and full of years.
Job 19:25 NIV
“I know that my redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand on the earth.”