Any More Questions?
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Title: Any More Questions?-------------------------------- Date: 10/22/2000
Keywords:
"answer" "knowledge" "question"
"understanding"
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temptation.
Passage: Job 42:1-6*
1. Then Job replied to the Lord:
2. "I know that you can do all things; no plan of yours can be
thwarted.
3. You asked, 'Who is this that obscures my counsel without
knowledge?' Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to
know.
4. "You said, 'Listen now, and I will speak; I will question
you, and you shall answer me.'
5. My ears had heard of you but now my eyes have seen you.
6. Therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes."
Questions
1. What question is in your heart when you click on a porn site?
2. Who is the best person to ask your questions to, the one most
likely to know the answer?
3. Is asking such questions a bad idea?
Practical help
When men and women sin in the sexual realm, it is because they're
looking for something. There is some longing in the heart that demands satisfaction, or
some pain in the heart that demands relief.
If you would like an example of someone who had really good reasons
to question God's goodness and seek elsewhere for relief from his pain, you need look no
farther than Job. Read his story sometime when you have time (the whole book). He had it
all: his health, beautiful home, nice, expensive cars, fancy entertainment system, a find
passel of kids, all the trimmings, and despite that he remained faithful. Then God, in his
unorthodox way, said "OK" to Satan's request to take it all away. Job held his
tongue while his friends told him to straighten up his ways; he knew he had done nothing
wrong to deserve this. Yet, the relentless barrage of Satan was finally too much, and Job
started to question: maybe God wasn't so good after all. The whole story was designed by
God to bring Job to the point we read today. Even in the middle of tremendous pain and
loss, God is still God, and his plan is still on target.
Maybe you find yourself in similar circumstances. Maybe your spouse
no longer responds to your quest for intimacy, or maybe your spouse has left you entirely.
Maybe you've never had a spouse, but rather a string of broken relationships that has left
you both stinging and numb at the same time. Maybe you've been struck with a physical
handicap that renders you incapable of performing in ways you were accustomed to. Your
longing or pain may lead you to question God and turn from him to other sources of relief,
such as web porn. That's just what Satan is after. In those instants, try to remember Job
and the answer to his question. Even if your tides have turned for the worse, God hasn't
changed, and he still calls you to be faithful.
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