12 Oct 2026
Episode 65 | Say Less: Lessons from Job on presence, humility and trusting in God’s sovereignty
Job's story reveals the tension between suffering and speaking. Discover why quiet presence often comforts more than quick explanations, and learn to be slow to speak, relying on Christ as mediator. Find hope in God's sovereignty, even when the why remains unknown.
➡️ Feedback/questions? Anything else? I’d love to hear from you! Email me at: sentbeyondpodcast@gmail.com
Links/Resources:
Unless stated otherwise, all of the verses in this episode have been taken from the ESV translation of the Holy Bible. (English Standard Version)
Join my FREE newsletter: HERE
Instagram
Scripture References:
2 Timothy 3:16-17, “All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.”
Hebrews 4:12, “For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.”
Job 2:11, “Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that had come upon him, they came each from his own place, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. They made an appointment together to come to show him sympathy and comfort him.”
Job 2:12-13, “And when they saw him from a distance, they did not recognize him. And they raised their voices and wept, and they tore their robes and sprinkled dust on their heads toward heaven. And they sat with him on the ground seven days and seven nights, and no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his suffering was very great.”
Jeremiah 17:9-10, “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it? “I the LORD search the heart and test the mind, to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds.”
Job 40:4, ““Behold, I am of small account; what shall I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth”
Job 42:7, “After the LORD had spoken these words to Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite: “My anger burns against you and against your two friends, for you have not spoken of me what is right, as my servant Job has.”
Romans 14:12, “So then each of us will give an account of himself to God.”
Proverbs 3:6, “In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.”
Psalms 135:6, “Whatever the LORD pleases, he does, in heaven and on earth, in the seas and all deeps.”
1 Corinthians 13:12, “For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known.”
1 Timothy 2:5, “For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,”
Philippians 2:5-8, “Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.”
Matthew 11:29, “Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.”
Hebrews 4:15, “For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin.”
Proverbs 9:10, “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight.”
Hebrews 4:16, “Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.”
