SCRIPTURE: Job 28 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: But do people know where to find wisdom? Where can they find understanding? [Job 28:12] God alone understands the way to wisdom; he knows where it can be found, for he looks throughout the whole earth and sees everything under the heavens. [Job 28:23-24] And this is what he says to all humanity: ‘The…
rich man, poor man
SCRIPTURE: Job 27 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: The wicked go to bed rich but wake to find that all their wealth is gone. [Job 27:19] No one would argue that building a home on the beach, made out of sand, would be foolish. Obviously, it is only a matter of time that the walls will erode, and a storm will…
whose spirit speaks through me?
SCRIPTURE: Job 26 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: How you have helped the powerless! How you have saved the weak! How you have enlightened my stupidity! What wise advice you have offered! Where have you gotten all these wise sayings? Whose spirit speaks through you? [Job 26:2-4] Have you ever been struggling with something, and had “religious” people make things worse…
worm theology
SCRIPTURE: Job 25 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: God is powerful and dreadful. He enforces peace in the heavens. Who is able to count his heavenly army? Doesn’t his light shine on all the earth? How can a mortal be innocent before God? Can anyone born of a woman be pure? God is more glorious than the moon; he shines…
“I wish you enough”
I recently read this story on the web, and it stuck with me. It made me think about my own family, and what it is I wish for them? Recently I overheard a father and daughter in their last moments together. They had announced her departure and standing near the security gate, they hugged and…
He is watching
SCRIPTURE: Job 24 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: They may be allowed to live in security, but God is always watching them. [Job 24:23] Well put, Job, this is really what seems to go on in the world! All over the world there are examples of injustice, oppression, violence and crime against people. We live in a cruel, messed up world;…
my daily bread
SCRIPTURE: Job 23 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: I have not departed from the commands of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my daily bread. [Job 23:12] With all of his heart, he tried to honour and obey the Lord; he paid close attention to God’s teaching, and did his best to live according to…
church like Eliphaz or Jesus?
SCRIPTURE: Job 22 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Submit to God, and you will have peace; then things will go well for you. [Job 22:21] If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored— so clean up your life. [Job 22:23] What intrigues me is how “christian” the words that Eliphaz speaks. This sounds a lot like the message the church…
I choose Jesus’ answer
SCRIPTURE: Job 21 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: When I think about what I am saying, I shudder. My body trembles. Why do the wicked prosper, growing old and powerful? They live to see their children grow up and settle down, and they enjoy their grandchildren. Their homes are safe from every fear, and God does not punish them. [Job 21:6-9]…
which way do I lean?
SCRIPTURE: Job 20 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: They were always greedy and never satisfied. Nothing remains of all the things they dreamed about. Nothing is left after they finish gorging themselves. Therefore, their prosperity will not endure. [Job 20:20-21] Have you ever met a greedy person, one who was never satisfied? Greed is but one expression of the poison of…