May 25 & 26 When Hope Shows Up

⁴When I lie down I think, “When will I get up?” But the evening drags on endlessly, and I toss and turn until dawn.
Job 7:4 (CSB)

⁶My days pass more swiftly than a weaver’s shuttle; they come to an end without hope.
Job 7:6 (CSB)

¹¹Therefore I will not restrain my mouth. I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
Job 7:11 (CSB)

¹³When I say, “My bed will comfort me, and my couch will ease my complaint,”
Job 7:13 (CSB)

¹⁶I give up! I will not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are a breath.
Job 7:16 (CSB)

¹ Then Job replied to the Lord: ² I know that you can do anything and no plan of yours can be thwarted. ³You asked, “Who is this who conceals my counsel with ignorance?” Surely I spoke about things I did not understand, things too wondrous for me to know. ⁴You said, “Listen now, and I will speak. When I question you, you will inform me.” ⁵ I had heard reports about you, but now my eyes have seen you. ⁶Therefore, I reject my words and am sorry for them, I am dust and ashes.
Job 42:1-6 (CSB)

⁶You rejoice in this, even though now for a short time, if necessary, you suffer grief in various trials.
1 Peter 1:6 (CSB)

1. See God in His purpose.

¹Then Job replied to the Lord: ² I know that you can do anything and no plan of yours can be thwarted.
Job 42:1-2 (CSB)

³Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Because of his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead
1 Peter 1:3 (CSB)

⁶¹Then the Lord turned and looked at Peter. So Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said to him, “Before the rooster crows today, you will deny me three times.” ⁶² And he went outside and wept bitterly.
Luke 22:61-62 (CSB)

2. See God’s provisions.

¹⁰After Job had prayed for his friends, the Lord restored his fortunes and doubled his previous possessions.
Job 42:10 (CSB)

³Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Because of his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead ⁴ and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you
1 Peter 1:3-4 (CSB)

3. See His person.

⁵I had heard reports about you, but now my eyes have seen you.
Job 42:5 (CSB)

³Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Because of his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead ⁴ and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you.
1 Peter 1:3-4 (CSB)

⁷On the first day of the week, we assembled to break bread. Paul spoke to them, and since he was about to depart the next day, he kept on talking until midnight. ⁸There were many lamps in the room upstairs where we were assembled, ⁹and a young man named Eutychus was sitting on a window sill and sank into a deep sleep as Paul kept on talking. When he was overcome by sleep, he fell down from the third story and was picked up dead. ¹⁰ But Paul went down, bent over him, embraced him, and said, “Don’t be alarmed, because he’s alive.” ¹¹After going upstairs, breaking the bread, and eating, Paul talked a long time until dawn. Then he left. ¹²They brought the boy home alive and were greatly comforted. ¹³ We went on ahead to the ship and sailed for Assos, where we were going to take Paul on board, because these were his instructions, since he himself was going by land. ¹⁴ When he met us at Assos, we took him on board and went on to Mitylene.
Acts 20:7-14 (CSB)

¹⁷And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is worthless; you are still in your sins. ¹⁸Those, then, who have fallen asleep in Christ have also perished. ¹⁹ If we have put our hope in Christ for this life only, we should be pitied more than anyone.
1 Corinthians. 15:17-19 (CSB)

²⁰But as it is, Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
1 Corinthians 15:20 (CSB)

⁴and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you.
1 Peter 1:4 (CSB)

⁴and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you. ⁵You are being guarded by God’s power through faith for a salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.
1 Peter 1:4-5 (CSB)

⁶You rejoice in this, even though now for a short time, if necessary, you suffer grief in various trials.
1 Peter 1:6 (CSB)

⁴to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, ⁵ who by God’s power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
1 Peter 1:4-5 (ESV)