{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Christ Covenant Church","title":"Journaling: Job 5-8","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3736,"description":"(Added to Job 1-4): 1. Righteous parents are daily doing those things that prove their children’s spiritual state is a priority (1:5).\nJob 5-8\nThose who choose to be foolish (“stupid” as in refusing to be teachable or gain understanding; Jer 4:22) and simple (naïve or lacking sense as to how things really work; Hos 7:11) (5:2): 1) are to find no support or sympathy among those seeking to live holy lives (5:1; e.g. 2Th 3:10-15), 2) are dominated and destroyed by anger and jealousy (5:2), 3) are never able to get ahead enjoying only temporary success or stability (5:3), 4) produce ill-fated and idiot children (5:4), 5) are always being taken advantage of by other needy people (5:5), 6) possess lives full of “affliction” and “trouble” not by accident (it does not “come from the dust” or “sprout from the ground”) but as the guaranteed result of their own choices to be (foolish and simple) (5:6-7; “but a man is born to trouble as the sparks fly upward” = Just as sparks always go up, so those “born” to be fools/simple are guaranteed to suffer affliction and trouble).\n \nThose who “seek” and commit [their] “cause” to God (who have dedicated their lives to learning and practicing His ways) (5:8): 1) experience God’s power, provision and protection (5:9-11), 2) witness His deliverance from the unjust and those attempting to oppress or take advantage of them (5:12-16).\n \nWe should never “despise” (hate or see as a negative thing) God’s “discipline” of us (correction through trials/suffering) since it: 1) indicates we are “blessed” or loved by God and viewed as His children (5:17; Heb 12:5-7; Pro 3:11), 2) is not meant to kill or destroy us (5:18-20), 3) is meant to make us rock-solid – or more confident, when facing hardship or adversaries (5:21 [“hidden” = not affected]-23), 4) promises a life of peace, stability, prosperity and longevity to those who respond appropriately (5:24-26), 5) is God’s tried and true method for making us better (5:27).\n \nWe are “treacherous” and...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/UXGjftzm8Yw--IISwUKe6A6-CX1YtARptisfLmFJFoI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS81Zjc4/MmNmNTMxZjNmOTgw/YjA1NWRhYmMxMTNl/YmE1Zi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}