Worshiping Through Your Storm
Job 1:20-21
What do you do when your storm is raging?
Storms are part of life, you are either going into a storm, in the storm, or coming out of a storm.
The question is not whether you are going to have some stormy situations.
The question is what do you do while it is storming in your life?
Well, some people:
Worship is helpful while worry is hurtful.
Worship takes our eyes off the storm and puts our eyes on Jesus, who is in the storm to control its whereabouts.
Nahum 1:3b, “The LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm and the clouds are the dust of his feet.”
Worship puts on the lens of God to see Him in the storm.
It takes faith in the storm to worship through your storm.
Worship glorifies God and edifies the saint.
This is why Jesus told the woman at the well, “But the hour cometh and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth for the Father seeketh such to worship him.”
Sometimes it is funny why God allows storms to come our way.
Satan suggested to God that Job only worshiped Him because of all that God had given him and even put a hedge around Job’s life.
It is interesting that God started this conversation that led to this challenge with Satan concerning Job.
Three things happened to enable Job to worship through his storm.
I. Personal consecration to worship through the storm- vs. 20
II. Personally humble himself to worship - vs. 20b.
III. Personal evaluation leads to praise and worship- vs. 21
Everyone can’t worship through their storm, because their focus is on the storm, rather than coming out of the storm.
Some cannot worship through their storm, because they are consumed with self-pity and pride all at the same time.
Some cannot worship through the storm, because of spiritual immaturity and a sense of entitlement.
Some cannot worship through their storm because of weak faith, strong faith says trouble don’t last ways!
But none of those things just said applies to Job.
“Then Job arose and rent his mantle and shaved his head.”
b. Instead of complaining about what God did not do, he went to work on himself spiritually.
c. Job consecrated himself to worship through his storm.
d. Personal consecration consists of first praying, reading and meditation on the word of God.
II. Personally humble himself to worship- vs. 20b.
“And fell down upon the ground and worshiped.”
III. Personal evaluation leads to praise and worship- vs. 21.
“And said naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither the LORD gave and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.”
Blessed be the name of the LORD!
Blessed is to praise God in your storm!
While in your storm speak to your storm, weeping may endure for a night, but Joy comes in the morning!
Why worry in your storm when you can worship through your storm.
Blessed be the name of the LORD!
Worship is God’s invitation to shut your storm down.
Worship is God’s invitation to bless you in your storm.
Storms are part of life, you are either going into a storm, in the storm, or coming out of a storm.
The question is not whether you are going to have some stormy situations.
The question is what do you do while it is storming in your life?
Well, some people:
- Some people are fearful.
- Some people isolate themselves.
- Some people stay away from church.
- Some people have a pity party.
- Some people worry.
Worship is helpful while worry is hurtful.
Worship takes our eyes off the storm and puts our eyes on Jesus, who is in the storm to control its whereabouts.
Nahum 1:3b, “The LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm and the clouds are the dust of his feet.”
Worship puts on the lens of God to see Him in the storm.
It takes faith in the storm to worship through your storm.
Worship glorifies God and edifies the saint.
This is why Jesus told the woman at the well, “But the hour cometh and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth for the Father seeketh such to worship him.”
Sometimes it is funny why God allows storms to come our way.
Satan suggested to God that Job only worshiped Him because of all that God had given him and even put a hedge around Job’s life.
It is interesting that God started this conversation that led to this challenge with Satan concerning Job.
Three things happened to enable Job to worship through his storm.
I. Personal consecration to worship through the storm- vs. 20
II. Personally humble himself to worship - vs. 20b.
III. Personal evaluation leads to praise and worship- vs. 21
Everyone can’t worship through their storm, because their focus is on the storm, rather than coming out of the storm.
Some cannot worship through their storm, because they are consumed with self-pity and pride all at the same time.
Some cannot worship through the storm, because of spiritual immaturity and a sense of entitlement.
Some cannot worship through their storm because of weak faith, strong faith says trouble don’t last ways!
But none of those things just said applies to Job.
Worshiping through Your Storm
I. Personal consecration to worship through the storm- vs. 20a“Then Job arose and rent his mantle and shaved his head.”
a. Then suggest after everything that could go wrong went wrong.
- The oxen and donkeys have been carried away by the Sabeans and killed all your servants and only I escape.
- The fire of God has fallen from heaven and has burned up the sheep and servants.
- The Chaldeans made out three bands and fell upon the camel and carried them away and killed the servants.
- Thy sons and daughters were eating and drinking and there came a great wind from the wilderness and struck the four corners of the house and it fell upon your children and they are all dead.
b. Instead of complaining about what God did not do, he went to work on himself spiritually.
c. Job consecrated himself to worship through his storm.
“He rent his mantle and shaved his head.”
- This is a spiritual act of seeking power from God for this storm that has risen in Job’s life.
- Yes, we are consecrated by Christ, but we are also urged to consecrate ourselves unto the Lord.
d. Personal consecration consists of first praying, reading and meditation on the word of God.
II. Personally humble himself to worship- vs. 20b.
“And fell down upon the ground and worshiped.”
a. Humility is on the inside, but it can be seen on the outside.
b. Falling down upon the ground is an act of humility.
- Pride is the enemy of worship.
- Pride is the enemy of God.
c. More grace is needed to worship in and through the storms of this life.
d. To worship through your storms requires the mindset of a peasant coming before the KING of the universe requesting power to thrive in your storm and through your storm.
III. Personal evaluation leads to praise and worship- vs. 21.
“And said naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither the LORD gave and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.”
a. His personal statement indicates spiritual maturity.
- There is no sense of entitlement that most Christian think they have.
b. His personal evaluation of his life helps him see through his storm.
- The bible says he was the greatest man in the east.
1. He was rich in his faith.
2. He was rich in his family.
3. He was rich in his fortune.
c. True self-evaluation led to his godly testimony for worship.
“Naked came I out of my mother’s womb and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave and the LORD hath taken away.”
- Everything I got God gave it!
- Everything good that happened to me God did it!
d. Job loved God more than the things from God.
e. So instead of a pity party Job had a praise party!
Blessed be the name of the LORD!
Blessed is to praise God in your storm!
While in your storm speak to your storm, weeping may endure for a night, but Joy comes in the morning!
Why worry in your storm when you can worship through your storm.
Blessed be the name of the LORD!
Worship is God’s invitation to shut your storm down.
Worship is God’s invitation to bless you in your storm.
