Today I offer a prayer for increased knowledge and discernment in our lives. I’m not sure about you, but I’ve sometimes struggled to hear God’s voice of leading in my life, so I pray for our eyes and ears to be opened to Him. Father God, our Almighty, Gracious and Merciful Lord, holy, holy, holy…
Month: May 2020
Job 28
Job continues speaking and covers the topic of wisdom – detailing how mankind cannot find wisdom, no matter where they look in this world, it is only available through God. ” ‘But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding? It cannot be bought for gold, and silver cannot be weighed…
Job 27
Job continues patiently teaching his friends what it means to remain steadfast and submitted to God, even in the worst of circumstances. ” ‘As God lives, who has taken away my right, and the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter, as long as my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is…
Job 26
In this chapter Job marvels at the majesty and power of God, offering great honor and respect to Him. “He stretches out the north over the void and hangs the earth on nothing. He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not split open under them. He covers the face…
Job 25
In this brief chapter (only 6 verses) Bildad reminds us that God is righteous, and people cannot be. ” ‘Dominion and fear are with God; he makes peace in his high heaven. Is there any number to his armies? Upon whom does his light not arise? How then can man be in the right before…
Job 24
In this chapter Job describes the wicked – their conduct, their supposed security, and what should happen to them. ” ‘They wrong the barren, childless woman, and do no good to the widow. Yet God prolongs the life of the mighty by his power; they rise up when they despair of life. He gives them…
Job 23
“Oh, that I knew where I might find him, that I might come even to his seat! Behold, I go forward, but he is not there, and backward, but I do not perceive him; on the left hand when he is working, I do not behold him; he turns to the right hand, but I…
A Prayer for Stillness in God’s Presence
Father God, we come before You today a busy, distracted and tired people. Please help us to accept Your invitation to find a “desolate place”, and rest for a while. May we learn to wait for You, both in body and in soul, and hope in Your word. May we trust You to calm our…
Job 22
Eliphaz speaks again, and foolishly explains the great extent of Job’s wickedness, followed by a call for Job to repent. We’ll focus on the latter. “Agree with God, and be at peace; thereby good will come to you. Receive instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in your heart. If you return to…
Job 21
Job responds to Zophar’s “the wicked will not prosper” speech (ch20) with his own “the wicked will prosper” speech. Technically, both are correct. “Why do the wicked live, reach old age, and grow mighty in power? Their offspring are established in their presence, and their descendants before their eyes. Their houses are safe from fear,…