Episode 75: Would You Serve God for Nothing?

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The book of Job brings up difficult questions about who God is and why He allows us to experience pain and suffering. But when you get to the end of the story, you can see that God never left Job, and He always had a plan. In this episode, Dot and Cara discuss the different places where we can see the goodness of God in the midst of Job’s story. They also talk about the challenge of supporting your loved ones through hardship when you can’t understand what God is doing, and they wrestle with the idea that we shouldn’t just serve God for His blessings; we should serve Him for who He is. Grab your Bible and a journal and join us for this conversation.

Episode Recap

• Start by writing down Job 1:6-9 (0:13)
• The book of Job presents more questions than it answers (2:47)
• When you get to the end of Job’s story, you can see the goodness of God (5:39)
• Job’s friends assumed they knew what God was doing, but none of us truly can (9:34)
• God can handle our questions and our doubts (13:57)
• Because of his suffering, Job was able to see God in a new way (19:21)
• Do you serve God for His blessings, or for who He is? (20:42)
• We don’t have to be OK with pain and suffering, but we can trust that this isn’t the end of the story (23:38)

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