EGW WritingsJob 23

Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 12 (1897)

Ms 176, 1897

12LtMs, Ms 176, 1897, par. 47

It was four o’clock this morning soon after I awoke. I dressed and lifted my earnest prayer to God for His blessing to rest upon me. I greatly desire a large measure of grace, to communicate to others who need counsel and encouragement. Oh, so many are walking in the shadow of the cross! So many are saying, “Oh, I wish I knew where I might find him, that I might come even to his seat.” [Job 23:3.] My prayer is, Teach me to help the needy, O God. Teach me how to lead and guide souls.

Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 13 (1898)

Ms 56, 1898

13LtMs, Ms 56, 1898, par. 28

In the name of Christ I address the church in North Fitzroy: Awake out of sleep. Send up the genuine cry to God, “O that I knew where I might find him.” [Job 23:3.] This is a confession that you have lost His love out of your soul, and in this passionate appeal you reveal that you begin to see yourself as the Lord sees you—wretched, miserable, poor, and blind, and naked. When light penetrates the darkness that surrounds your soul, you will discern your poverty, your unrighteousness, your self-sufficiency, and you will cry out as did Peter when he was sinking beneath the waves, “Lord, save; or I perish.” [Matthew 14:30.] And as the light of hope breaks into your soul, Christ will be revealed to you with His merciful arm outstretched to save. The prayer of human instinct will become the prayer of earnest longing and faith. The sharp, agonized cry will become softened and subdued as you trust in Him who is able to save unto the uttermost all who come unto God by Him.

Education

The Testing of Job

Ed 156.5

According to his faith, so was it unto Job. “When He hath tried me,” he said, “I shall come forth as gold.” Job 23:10. So it came to pass. By his patient endurance he vindicated his own character, and thus the character of Him whose representative he was. And “the Lord turned the captivity of Job: ... also the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before.... So the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning.” Job 42:10-12.

Ed 156.4

“I know that my Redeemer liveth,
And that He shall stand up at the last upon the earth:
And after my skin hath been destroyed, this shall be,
Even from my flesh shall I see God:
Whom I shall see for myself,
And mine eyes shall behold, and not as a stranger.” Job 19:7-21, R.V.; 23:3-10, R.V.; 13:15; 19:25-27, R.V., margin.

In Heavenly Places

Heaven’s Honor Roll, September 21

HP 271.1

But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold. Job 23:10.

Our High Calling

The Training Necessary for Heaven, November 6

OHC 316.1

But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold. Job 23:10.

This Day With God

An Open Door, July 22

TDG 212.1

But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold. Job 23:10.

This Day With God

Adorning the Gospel, June 9

TDG 169.1

Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food. Job 23:12.