💬Job 1:21 | Your Wonderful Testimony

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In today’s email…

• ⏰ Last chance to meet the challenge!

• 🙏 A full recap of our week in Job 1:21

• 🦸‍♂️ How to put what we’ve learned into practice.

• 📚️ In case you missed it…

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MEMORIZE 🧠 

And __ ____, “_____ _ ____ ____ __ mother's ____, ___ _____ _____ _ ______.

The ____ gave, and ___ ____ ___ _____ ____; blessed __ ___ ____ __ ___ ____.”

Job 1:21

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CONTEXT 📕 

This week, we’ve explored Job 1:21.

On Monday, we looked at the whole book.

We stepped into the world of Job — a timeless story set in an ancient world where people believed good things happened to good people, and bad things happened to the wicked.

But Job broke that mold.

Job was blameless, faithful, and wealthy and yet, he lost everything. This book pushes us to wrestle with this divine mystery, invites us to ask hard questions, and reminds us that faith is not about getting answers, but trusting the One who holds them.

On Tuesday, we examined the chapter’s immediate context.

In just one chapter, Job loses his livestock, his servants, and all ten of his children. But his immediate response is surprisingly not bitterness; it’s worship.

Job’s words featured in our memory verse, are an act of raw surrender to God’s sovereignty in both blessing and loss. He teaches us that faith holds fast, not because circumstances are easy, but because God is still God.

On Wednesday, we dug into the Hebrew found in our verse:

• ʿĀrôm — Translated “naked,” this word describes being completely without covering or possessions. Job is admitting total vulnerability before God, recognizing that all he has is temporary and ultimately belongs to the Lord.

  Lāqaḥ — Translated “taken away,” this word means to take, grasp, or carry off. Job understands that God, in His authority, has the right to give and to take.

  Bārak — Translated “blessed,” this is the most radical word of all. Job blesses the name of God in the midst of heartbreak, choosing worship over despair. His faith isn’t based on what God gives, but on who God is.

Together, these words point to a faith that clings to worship in loss and trust in God’s unchanging character.

And on Thursday, we saw how Job points us to Jesus.

Jesus, like Job, suffered unjustly. He was stripped, forsaken, and cried out in anguish. And while Job didn’t choose to have everything taken away from him, Jesus willfully gave it all up.

He chose to step into suffering in order to reconcile us to the Father.

Jesus defeated suffering and death and gives us an eternal hope. Which is why we can say with great confidence:

Blessed be the name!

APPLY AND RESPOND 🏃‍♂️ 

What’s next? What do we do with all this truth we covered this week?

We carry it with us as we help others.

Encourage someone who’s suffering. Reach out to a friend or fellow believer going through a hard time. Send a text, make a call, or show up. Remind them they’re not alone and that Jesus suffers with them.

Share your story. Job’s terrible experience became a wonderful testimony of faith. Think of a time you trusted God in difficulty. Look for a chance this weekend to tell someone about it, especially someone who’s struggling to see God in their own story.

Be a presence of peace. Like Jesus, stand with others in pain. Be a person who doesn’t rush to fix it but is willing to sit, listen, and bless the name of the Lord together.

Pray 🙏 

Jesus, thank You for walking with me through joy and sorrow. Help me become someone who carries Your presence to others. Give me eyes to see who needs encouragement and boldness to share my faith in both word and action. Amen.

SHAPING WHAT’S NEXT

RESOURCES 📚️ 

In case you missed it, here are a few resources to help you dig deeper into the verse and its themes:

• 📚 Disappointment with God: Three Questions No One Asks Aloud by Philip Yancey (link)

• 📚️ Suffering: Gospel Hope When Life Doesn't Make Sense by Paul David Tripp (link)

• 📚️ The Message of Job (The Bible Speaks Today Series) by David J. Atkinson (link)

• 📹️ The Book of Job video by BibleProject (link)

• 🎵 Highlands by Hillsong United (Spotify | Apple Music | Malachi Daily Playlist)

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ANSWER KEY ✅ 

And he said, “Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked shall I return.

The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.”

Job 1:21