No Man's Land
What should a person do when they don't know what to do?
Many people have unexpected events that come their way that disrupt the future they had envisioned. They may have lost a job, their family, their career, their health, their reputation etc. What should a person do when there is nothing left.?
Job 3:21 to those who long for death that does not come, who search for it more than for hidden treasure,
In this place I believe it is possible for you to better understand Who God Is. Of yourself you are not able, otherwise you already would have. God Himself would reveal all Who He IS to you so much so that you would be content if the only future you ever had was Him.
Job 1
In the land of Uz there lived a man whose name was Job. This man was blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil. 2 He had seven sons and three daughters, 3 and he owned seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen and five hundred donkeys, and had a large number of servants. He was the greatest man among all the people of the East.
13 One day when Job’s sons and daughters were feasting and drinking wine at the oldest brother’s house, 14 a messenger came to Job and said, “The oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing nearby, 15 and the Sabeans attacked and made off with them. They put the servants to the sword, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!”
17 While he was still speaking, another messenger came and said, “The Chaldeans formed three raiding parties and swept down on your camels and made off with them. They put the servants to the sword, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!”
18 While he was still speaking, yet another messenger came and said, “Your sons and daughters were feasting and drinking wine at the oldest brother’s house, 19 when suddenly a mighty wind swept in from the desert and struck the four corners of the house. It collapsed on them and they are dead, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!”
So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord and afflicted Job with painful sores from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head. 8 Then Job took a piece of broken pottery and scraped himself with it as he sat among the ashes.
11 When Job’s three friends, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhiteand Zophar the Naamathite, heard about all the troubles that had come upon him, they set out from their homes and met together by agreement to go and sympathize with him and comfort him. 12 When they saw him from a distance, they could hardly recognize him; they began to weep aloud, and they tore their robes and sprinkled dust on their heads. 13 Then they sat on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights. No one said a word to him, because they saw how great his suffering was.
After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth. 2 He said:
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“May the day of my birth perish,
and the night that said, ‘A boy is conceived!’
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That day—may it turn to darkness;
may God above not care about it;
may no light shine on it.
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May gloom and utter darkness claim it once more;
may a cloud settle over it;
may blackness overwhelm it.
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That night—may thick darkness seize it;
may it not be included among the days of the year
nor be entered in any of the months.
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May that night be barren;
may no shout of joy be heard in it.
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May those who curse days[a] curse that day,
those who are ready to rouse Leviathan.
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May its morning stars become dark;
may it wait for daylight in vain
and not see the first rays of dawn,
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for it did not shut the doors of the womb on me
to hide trouble from my eyes.
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“Why did I not perish at birth,
and die as I came from the womb?
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Why were there knees to receive me
and breasts that I might be nursed?
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For now I would be lying down in peace;
I would be asleep and at rest
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with kings and rulers of the earth,
who built for themselves places now lying in ruins,
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with princes who had gold,
who filled their houses with silver.
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Or why was I not hidden away in the ground like a stillborn child,
like an infant who never saw the light of day?
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There the wicked cease from turmoil,
and there the weary are at rest.
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Captives also enjoy their ease;
they no longer hear the slave driver’s shout.
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The small and the great are there,
and the slaves are freed from their owners.
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“Why is light given to those in misery,
and life to the bitter of soul,
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to those who long for death that does not come,
who search for it more than for hidden treasure,
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who are filled with gladness
and rejoice when they reach the grave?
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Why is life given to a man
whose way is hidden,
whom God has hedged in?
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For sighing has become my daily food;
my groans pour out like water.
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What I feared has come upon me;
what I dreaded has happened to me.
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I have no peace, no quietness;
I have no rest, but only turmoil.”