Pray the word with David Platt is a resource from radical.net. Job chapter 36, verse 21, take care. Do not turn to iniquity. For this you have chosen rather than affliction. I want to lead us to pray according to this verse because of this counsel that is given to Job

in the middle of his suffering. Take care. Do not turn to iniquity. So these miserable

comforters in the book of Job have constantly said, Job, you're suffering because of your sin.

And we know that's not specifically why Job was suffering.

That was clear to us.

And Job 1 and 2, God makes that clear to us.

At the same time, there is definitely a temptation in the middle of suffering to turn to iniquity, to turn to sin.

We certainly saw that in Job in the very beginning when he did not sin with his lips,

when all of these horrible things were happening in his life and to his

kids and with his wife and in his health. He didn't turn to sin. But we should realize that when

we walk through suffering, even innocent suffering, suffering not due to some particular sin in our lives, there is so much

temptation to sin in the midst of our suffering, right? To turn away from God, to not trust God,

to think thoughts about God or say things about God that are not true.

Even just to rebel against God, this is one thing we need to pray for in our lives

and to pray for in others' lives when they walk through suffering or when we walk through suffering

that God would help us to take care, not to turn to iniquity. And think about it this way. Yes, some

suffering we experience in this world is not directly because of specific sin in our lives.

At the same time, all suffering in this world is ultimately a result of what in this world?

It's all ultimately a result of sin.

Like sin from the very beginning, Genesis 3, introduced into this world has led to

the suffering and pain and grief and hardship and death that we experience in this world. Ultimately,

then, even if we are suffering not because of some specific sin in our lives,

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