May our words bring a blessing to those who hear them.

Job 18:1-19:7  -  Job listens to Bildad’s harsh words. He answers with a question: ‘How long will you torment me, and break me in pieces with words?’ (19:2). Job couldn’t make much sense of what was going on in his life. He was sure of one thing. His ‘friends’ were missing the point of it …

When we sin, what are we to do?

Job 34:21-35:16  -  ‘If you have sinned’ (35:6). Let’s think about Job, Jesus and ourselves. (a) ‘Job feared God and shunned evil’ (1:1). He was not being singled out for special punishment - because he was much more sinful than anyone else. This does not mean he had never sinned (7:21; 13:26). (b) There is …

We must learn to look beyond our sufferings – to God’s eternal glory.

Job 8:1-9:19  -  Bildad speaks as a ‘know-it-all’. He sees what has happened to Job, and he thinks, ‘Job must have forgotten God’. If Bildad had not been blinded by his own ideas of how things must be, he would have noticed that Job had not forgotten God and he would have realized that bad …

Taking a look at the Old Testament: Job

Learning From God's Word

“I know that my Redeemer lives” (Job 19:25).

We read these words of faith and hope, and our thoughts move forward, from Job to Jesus. As we think of Jesus’ resurrection from the dead, we recall the words of the angelic messenger: “Why do you seek the living among the dead? He is not here. He has risen!” (Luke 24:5-6).

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Praying Through God’s Word: Job

Job 1:1-2:13 Lord, Your power is greater than the power of Satan. Help us never to forget this. Satan is "roaming through the earth", "prowling around like a roaring lion, seeking for someone to devour" (Job 1:7; 1 Peter 5:8) - but he can only do what You allow him to do (Job 1:12; Job …

How can our sin be forgiven and our guilt removed?

Job 31:1-40  -  For a summary of all that Job says here, we may go back to the very beginning of his story: ‘Job...was blameless and upright, one who feared God, and turned away from evil’ (1:1). He is a fine example of the kind of godly living which Paul made his ideal: ‘I strive …

Our sin and our Saviour

Job 40:15-41:34  -  ‘Who can stand before Me?’ (41:10). God puts this question to every one of us. God’s Word gives two answers to this question. The first answer speaks to us of our sin. The second answer speaks to us of our Saviour.  The first thing God says to us is this: ‘There is …

Satan is very powerful, but God is in control!

Job 1:1-2:13  -  Satan is very busy - ‘going to and fro on the earth...walking up and down on it’. Why is Satan ‘roaming through the earth’? - ‘Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour’ (1:7; 1 Peter 5:8). If, like Job, you ‘fear God and turn …

We must humble ourselves before Almighty God… He is God and He knows what He is doing (Learning From The Book Of Job: Chapters 20 – 21). — Learning From God’s Word

QuietMomentsWithGod

In Job 20, we hear, again, the voice of Zophar – the ‘so far, so good’ man. His principles concerning the judgment of God on the wicked are all right as far as they go. The problem is that they are general. They are floating over the specific case of Job, without really coming to […]

via We must humble ourselves before Almighty God … He is God and He knows what He is doing (Learning From The Book Of Job: Chapters 20 – 21). — Learning From God’s Word

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Remember to thank God in His good days. It will help you to trust him in your bad days.

Job 25:1-27:6  -  Job’s ‘comforters’ are no friends to him. They fail to discern the presence and purpose of God in Job’s life. Job responds to them with biting sarcasm - ‘How you have helped him who has no power! How you have saved the arm that has no strength!’ (26:2). They’re hopeless - no …