Today's readings from the Chronological Plan are from Job 26:1-29:25. Click here to read online.
Scripture: Job 27:3-4
as long as I have life within me,
the breath of God in my nostrils,
my lips will not speak wickedness,
and my tongue will utter no deceit.
Observation:
Through all that happened to Job, he still acknowledges that God is still his breath of life. He has been stripped of all earthy possessions, most of his sons and daughters were killed, he has insomnia, therefore cannot sleep at night, and if he tries he has nightmares. His health was taken. Through all of this, he still remains loyal to the one who created him and the one who took it all away from him.
Application:
Knowing that it doesn’t matter how bad things may get, God is ALWAYS giving us that breath of life. We should be thankful for every moment of everyday and each moment is a gift from God. Just as easily as it was given to us, it can be taken away.
Prayer:
Lord I pray that, although things may not go the way we want them to, I pray that we will not utter deceit and continue to praise you. To be loyal to you. To remember who gave us the precious gifts we have. Most importantly the gift of your Son. You are an awesome God and I am forever thankful.
Tomorrow's readings are from Job 30:1-31:40. Click here to read online.
2 comments:
Indeed that is a good prayer for us to pray...something we should strive to always apply to our lives.
ALL of Job's sons and daughters were killed. The only people in Job's house that remained, was his wife (because when a man takes a wife, the two become one flesh(Genesis 2:24) Therefore killing her would have been killing Job, and God told Satan he could not do that) Also, some people belive that these 4 messengers were 4 of Job's servents who survived only to tell Job of the news. Others believe that they were angels because of the root meaning for this word (messenger) either way, it doesn't effect the loss that Job occured that day...all on the same day too, it appears.
That's a really nice verse to pull out and focus on PamJ!
I also like the verses where Job outdoes Bildad in describing the majesty, power and greatness of God!(26:5-14)And these beautiful poetic verses on wisdom,(28:1-28)especially verse 28. In fact, I think I'll make that my memory verse for Sunday School this week.
I want that to - to be loyal to God. Oh, that all believers would remain steadfast in their faith no matter their circumstances, no matter the temptation, no matter how good things get (often easy to forget God then!) and no matter how bad things get.
I love those verses on wisdom too Kristi - beautiful!
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