Light and Life
Job 3:23
Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God has hedged in?


My object is to call your attention to life itself, and the reason why it is given. We do not ask the question, Why do I live? until trouble comes. Life is not a mystery to the little child, or the maiden, or the young man. It is when adversity comes to us, that we ask, "Wherefore is light given and life?" Why do we live? We are to recognise the fact that all things and all persons are of God, and exist for the pleasure of God, if we would solve this problem, If you leave God out of your reckoning, then it matters not what conclusion you may come to. There are some who think that God is equally glorified by the salvation or the ruin of a sinner. He is not. The very end of God is defeated in the ruin of the sinner. God has created us, and placed us here, not simply that we may live in this world, but that we may live for evermore. God has made us living men and women that we may serve and enjoy Him forever.

(Charles Williams.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?

WEB: Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in?




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