Today at Calvary Community Church, we unpacked the story of the Old Testament character Job. He was a man who trusted God no matter what happened in his life. It was not always easy. He struggled to grasp what God was doing in all of his adversity. But, in the end, Job was commended by God for living a life of hope.
He rested his hope in God not in his circumstances.
Job knew that what he saw was a limited and messy perspective. He knew that God saw the big picture and was working a beautiful tapestry out of his life.
On Casting Crowns latest album, Come to the Well, there is a song that speaks to the core of what the Book of Job teaches us. “Already There” will bless you as you hear it, think about it’s lyrics, and understand why it was written. Enjoy!
Video with Lyrics
Story Behind the Song Video
Lyrics
Verse 1:
From where I’m standing
Lord it’s so hard for me to see
Where this is going
And where You’re leading me
I wish I knew how
All my fears and all my questions
Are gonna play out
In a world I can’t control
Verse 2:
From where You’re standing
Lord, You see a grand design
That You imagined
When You breathed me into life
And all the chaos
Comes together in Your hands
Like a masterpiece
Of Your picture perfect plan
Bridge:
One day I’ll stand before You
And look back on the life I’ve lived
I can’t wait to enjoy the view
And see how all the pieces fit
Chorus:
When I’m lost in the mystery
To You my future is a memory
Cause You’re already there
You’re already there
Standing at the end of my life
Waiting on the other side
And You’re already there
You’re already there
You are already there
Job is such an inspired book and I really felt your words about it were inspired as well. The message today, as well as the man who shared his life experience before it, really spoke to me and I’ll be thinking about it for awhile.
Dear Pastor Shawn,
Last week my sister said I had to read Job based on the trials
that I am facing. When I came to your Sunday service at 5pm
I was blessed with your taking us through it! Of couse I know it wasn’t a coincidence! I haven’t committed to Calvary and yet every time I attend, you deliver the scripture I need and your insightful view is always a gift. Thank you for telling me my trials
are not because of my failure as a Christian but are serving me to draw closer than I ever have to the Lord.
Years ago I heard a teaching on Job that really touched me, because it demonstrated real love and empathy towards Job’s wife. Often she is seen as weak in encouraging her husband to “curse God and die”. However, she was experiencing the same terrible loss as Job was and one could say an even greater loss. After all, she endured the pain and risk to life in order to bring 10 children into the world only to see them all struck down. As a woman in that time, her children were also her security into old age. Her future must have looked incredibly bleak.
I can relate to this woman who was not the paragon of virtue that her husband was, who had to suffer without the internal confidence that her suffering was not in fact due to divine discipline.
I hope and pray as I face my own challenges, I can hold onto the assuredness that “my Redeemer lives” and not fall prey to despair. My thanks for a sermon that has provided much food for thought and reflection.