Our Food Pantry is closed till further notice.
Our Food Pantry is closed till further notice.
Summer 2021:
The Book of Job leads us to grapple with the question: Do we love God for who He is or for what we can get from Him? If we love Him only for what He gives us and not for who He is, then we’re serving ourselves, not Him. It’s been said we don’t know that God is all we need until God is all we have. Job, who lost everything, reminds us that the Giver—not the gifts—is all we need. The Book of Ecclesiastes likewise grapples with a weighty question: What’s the meaning of life? The writer of Ecclesiastes, who gained everything this life has to offer, shows us the futility and meaninglessness of life when it is lived apart from God as its central focus. Both Job and Ecclesiastes are complex books that ask deep questions and ultimately enable us to see afresh our need for the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Lessons for the Summer 2021
The Book of Job leads us to grapple with the question: Do we love God for who He is or for what we can get from Him? If we love Him only for what He gives us and not for who He is, then we’re serving ourselves, not Him. It’s been said we don’t know that God is all we need until God is all we have. Job, who lost everything, reminds us that the Giver—not the gifts—is all we need. The Book of Ecclesiastes likewise grapples with a weighty question: What’s the meaning of life? The writer of Ecclesiastes, who gained everything this life has to offer, shows us the futility and meaninglessness of life when it is lived apart from God as its central focus. Both Job and Ecclesiastes are complex books that ask deep questions and ultimately enable us to see afresh our need for the gospel of Jesus Christ.
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