Job 10 · Grade 4
The Potter and the Clay
Read and Think
Job said he would give free course to his complaint. He asked God not to condemn him but to show him why He contended with him. He asked whether God sees as man sees, since God knew Job was not wicked.
Job described how God made him. Your hands have framed me and fashioned me altogether. God fashioned him as clay, clothed him with skin and flesh, and knit him together with bones and sinews. God granted him life and loving kindness and preserved his spirit.
Job could not fit these truths together. How could the God who made him so carefully now seem to hunt him like a lion? In deep sorrow he asked why he had been born. He begged for a little comfort before he went to the land of darkness.
Show What You Know
What did Job ask God not to do?
How did Job describe the way God made him?
What did God grant Job?
What could Job not fit together?
Word Bank Fill-In
Use the word bank to fill in each blank.
- He asked not to condemn him but to show him why He contended with him.
- Your have framed me and fashioned me altogether.
- God fashioned him as , clothed him with skin and flesh, and knit him together with bones and sinews.
- God granted him and loving kindness and preserved his spirit.
Think About It
God made Job with care, and He made you with care too. How does that truth help you on hard days?
Job could not fit God's love and his pain together. What can you do when you do not understand what God is doing?
Memory Verse
“Remember, I beg you, that you have fashioned me as clay. Will you bring me into dust again?”
Job 10:9 (WEB)
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Prayer
Dear God, thank You for making me with Your hands. Help me . Amen.
Take It Home
For families: talk about these together.
- What can you ask God when you do not understand?
- How can remembering God's past kindness help you today?
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