Please read Job 7. Job is speaking.
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Meditate on verse 4.
When I lie down, I say, “When shall I arise?” But the
night continues, and I am continually tossing until dawn.
Thankfully God gave us the book of Job for sleepless nights and distressful times. Thankfully, God recorded Job’s prayer of anguish, so we do not have to restrain our mouths; we can speak in the anguish of our spirit and complain in the bitterness of our soul (v. 11).
Pray Job’s prayer from verses 12-21 as a faithful, prayerful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7).
LORD, am I the sea, or the sea monster,
that You set a guard over me?
If I say, 'My bed will comfort me, my
couch will ease my complaint,' then
You frighten me with dreams and
terrify me by visions; so that my
soul would choose suffocation,
death rather than my pains.
I waste away; I will not live forever.
Leave me alone, for my days are
but a breath. What is man that You magnify
him, and that You are concerned
about him, that You examine him every
morning and try him every moment?
Will You never turn Your gaze
away from me, nor let me alone
until I swallow my spittle? Have I sinned? What
have I done to You, O Watcher of men?
Why have You set me as Your target, so
that I am a burden to myself?
Why then do You not pardon my transgression
and take away my iniquity?
For now, I will lie down in the dust, and
You will seek me, but I will not be.
LORD, I need help!
In Your name, Jesus~”
The WATCHMAN on the WALL, 4 – Dr. Ron and Marsha Harvell
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