The Study Job 17:11 My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart. I. MEN FORM PURPOSES. Mind is active and made to think. Men speculate and resolve. Pleasure and wealth, honour and worldly position eagerly sought. II. THESE PURPOSES NOT ALWAYS FULFILLED. Broken off as threads of the web cut off from the loom (Isaiah 32). Impossible to realise. Providence intervenes; man proposeth, God disposeth. Greeks represented the fates as spinning the threads of human life. Procrastination prevents performance. Satan hinders (1 Thessalonians 2:18). III. THIS IS A SAD FACT IN EXPERIENCE. "My" purposes. Good resolutions formed and never carried out; plans adopted and forsaken; principles never come to maturity, and life wasted in attempting, and nothing done! (The Study.) Parallel Verses KJV: My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.WEB: My days are past, my plans are broken off, as are the thoughts of my heart. |
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