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“Now on the day when his sons and his daughters were eating and
drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house, a messenger came to Job
and said, “The oxen were plowing and the donkeys feeding beside them,
and the Sabeans attacked and took them away. They also slew the servants
with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”
Now notice verse 16:1 While he was still speaking, (he did not even get it
out of his mouth) another also came and said,

“The fire of God fell from heaven and burned up the sheep And the
servants and consumed them, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”
Then look at verse 17: another also came and said,
“The Chaldeans formed three bands and made a raid on the camels
and took them and slew the servants with the edge of the sword, and I
alone have escaped to tell you.”

Verse 18: While he was still speaking, another also came and said,
“Your sons and your daughters were eating and drinking wine in their
oldest brother’s house, and behold, a great wind came from across the
wilderness and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell on the
young people and they died, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”

The bottom dropped out of everything for Job. Psalm 42:7 says,

“Deep calls unto deep at the sound of Thy waterfalls, and all Thy
breakers have rolled over me.” Boy, if that doesn’t describe Job. “All
Thy breakers have rolled over me”. That’s the idea of waves coming
relentlessly one after another. Here comes one, then another, and they
just won’t stop. “All Thy breakers have rolled over me”. One calamity
after another, in quick succession. One person is telling of a problem and
while he is still talking, someone else comes. You have lost your flock;
you have lost your children.

Do not despise it when a quick succession of calamities comes your way.
That gives God the opportunity to get great glory in your life. Don’t get
me wrong, I cry like a baby even when slight things come into my life.
My heart cries out, “Lord, get me out of this!” Help me find the way of
escape. I cannot imagine severe trials, like he faced, coming from every
direction at the same time. But it happened to Job.

I read an article about the fall of the stock market. They say when the
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