Job 1:17 While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The Chaldeans made out three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have carried them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
As we dig a bit deeper into Job’s harrowing bout of depression, we observe that he encountered some of the same triggering factors which adversely affect much of the human family today. Those factors are listed below so that we will see that there is nothing new under the sun.
[1] The sudden loss of a person’s family members through tragic circumstances. [2] The loss of one’s home to a devastating, natural disaster. [3] The tragic loss of your business, and employees. [4] The loss of your health through some loathsome unexplainable disease, for which there is no known cure. [5] The loss of finances, where in a very short period of time, Job went from hero to near Zero financially.
With all of these triggering factors for depression in his face, very many people in our day, might choose to call it quits, since everything on earth that seems worthwhile living for has now evaporated into thin air, and Job is left, apparently all alone, with the rug pulled out from beneath his feet.
Job 1:18 While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house: 19 And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
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