Job 35-37 Elihu still contends that Job is his own worst enemy! Sometimes I can relate to that. Elihu says to remember the character of God, which does not change. He also asks Job and his three “miserable comforters” to consider how sin affects God. If sin is great, what does it do to him? […]
Job 33-35 Elihu Speaks Elihu has been silent up to this point. Now he is “full of words,” and angry. In fact, that character quality is mentioned four times. He was angry because Job saw himself as innocent and God as the aggressor. In hindsight, it would have been better for Elihu to have been […]
Job 29-31 When the new year begins, we often find ourselves reminiscing about the past year or even the years beyond that. I remember when this happened or that happened etc. Job is no different than us. He reminisces about what life was like before his struggles. “Oh that I could be as I was…” […]
Job 24-28 Yesterday is but a memory; today will be what God has planned for us in eternity past. Are we watching to see Him at work? Yesterday the hand of God was upon us in all we did and all we said. Our responses show us what we believe about Him. Today we walk […]
Job 21-23 If there is one sin that God hates more than any other, it is this: hypocrisy. A hypocrite has the form of godliness without power. But, strangely enough, both Eliphaz and Job agree on certain points. First, both agree that a hypocrite’s elation or joy is brief and lasts only a moment. [Job […]
Job 19 As Job sat in dust and ashes and listened to his miserable comforters, he echoed the words of Solomon: “My assailants revile and conspire against me all day long.” [Lam 3:62] Yet, in all this, God’s words ring forth; Job is “a blameless and upright man, one who fears God and turns away […]
Job 14-16 Job listened and wisely reminded his friends that no one can know their appointed time of passing from this life to the next. No one knows the hour or the day of their departure to heaven or hell, but they can know their destiny. Job rightly knows that even if he dies, he […]
Job 10-13 Job is facing the hardest time in his entire life and is left with two choices: trust God or abandon Him. His friend Zophar is in the camp of the latter, just like Mrs. Job. Yet, Job is wiser than either Zophar or Mrs. Job because although he may not understand, he continues […]
Job 6 -8/Ps 8 When we are in the mode of suffering, we often begin our prayer with “why me?” We complain, and we mourn instead of looking for that eternal purpose. There is a chorus that begins, “open the eyes of my heart Lord, open the eyes of my heart, I want to see […]
Job 1-5 A key to understanding the man Job is to look at his life in everyday circumstances. God noted he was blameless and upright, and we see how he responded to his children’s choices. He offered sacrifices regularly ‘just in case’ they had cursed God, not out loud, but in their hearts. Job’s care […]
