As you spend time in the Word of God, you just never know where words of comfort may come from. This morning I was reading in the Book of Job and in chapter three, we find him lamenting the day he was born. We pick it up in v13:
Job 3:13 For now I would have lain still and been quiet, I would have been asleep; Then I would have been at rest
14 With kings and counselors of the earth, Who built ruins for themselves,
15 Or with princes who had gold, Who filled their houses with silver;
16 Or why was I not hidden like a stillborn child, Like infants who never saw light?
17 There the wicked cease from troubling, And there the weary are at rest.
18 There the prisoners rest together; They do not hear the voice of the oppressor.
19 The small and great are there, And the servant is free from his master.
He is saying that if he never would've made it out of the womb, or died at birth, he would've been in a place of rest. A place where the "wicked cease from troubling" A place where the voice of the oppressor is silenced, and the servant is free from his master. In short, he would find himself in Abraham's bosom, which Jesus spoke of in Lu 16:22-25, "So it was that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels to Abraham's bosom. The rich man also died and was buried. 23 "And being in torments in Hades, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. 24 "Then he cried and said, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.' 25 "But Abraham said, 'Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things; but now he is comforted and you are tormented.
"He is comforted."
Have you lost a child through miscarriage, or experienced a still born child? My wife and I lost a baby boy (Scott Michael) to miscarriage, and this passage tells me that he is doing just fine! He's in a place of eternal comfort and peace, and we look forward to the day when we (as believers in the Lord Jesus Christ) will see him again.
Job 3:13 For now I would have lain still and been quiet, I would have been asleep; Then I would have been at rest
14 With kings and counselors of the earth, Who built ruins for themselves,
15 Or with princes who had gold, Who filled their houses with silver;
16 Or why was I not hidden like a stillborn child, Like infants who never saw light?
17 There the wicked cease from troubling, And there the weary are at rest.
18 There the prisoners rest together; They do not hear the voice of the oppressor.
19 The small and great are there, And the servant is free from his master.
He is saying that if he never would've made it out of the womb, or died at birth, he would've been in a place of rest. A place where the "wicked cease from troubling" A place where the voice of the oppressor is silenced, and the servant is free from his master. In short, he would find himself in Abraham's bosom, which Jesus spoke of in Lu 16:22-25, "So it was that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels to Abraham's bosom. The rich man also died and was buried. 23 "And being in torments in Hades, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. 24 "Then he cried and said, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.' 25 "But Abraham said, 'Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things; but now he is comforted and you are tormented.
"He is comforted."
Have you lost a child through miscarriage, or experienced a still born child? My wife and I lost a baby boy (Scott Michael) to miscarriage, and this passage tells me that he is doing just fine! He's in a place of eternal comfort and peace, and we look forward to the day when we (as believers in the Lord Jesus Christ) will see him again.
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