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Job chapter 3, verses 20 through 22.

Why is light given to him who is in misery and life to the bitter and soul who long for

death but it comes not and dig for it more than for hidden treasures who rejoice exceedingly and are

glad when they find the grave. So we've seen such faith worship blessing in Job in chapter one and chapter two, but that doesn't mean it's easy, and it doesn't mean it's not without question and wrestling and agony, which is what we start to see unfold in Job chapter 3, is he laments the day he was born.

He just wishes he had never had life.

He's in such pain.

And here in these verses, he's saying, why?

Why do I have life?

I don't want life.

I long for death.

I'd be glad to find the grave.

I'd be so glad to find the grave, Job said.

I'd be fine if I never had life in the first place.

Like Job is at a obviously low point.

Understandable, of course, in light of all that he's gone through

and understandable because so many of us in varied ways get to points like this.

And I say us because we're not alone in this.

It's Job here, but I think about Elijah in First Kings chapter 19.

He got to the point, and this was after he'd called down fire from heaven,

and Jezabeth was making threats against him.

That's all it took.

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