Todays reading: Job 41-42 and Phil. 3
There’s a few interesting thoughts that stood out to me in today’s reading...
I loved the following verses especially:
God says: “Whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.” (Job 41:11)
That’s a good thing to remember when we start feeling possessive of personal property...
“He is king over all the children of pride...” (Job 41:34) Hmmm... Interesting... The proud tend to think they are the best... they tend to think that they are “king.” But God knows how to keep the proud in their place...
So in today’s reading we see that God has made His case clear and Job repents in dust and ashes. Then God calls Job to pray on behalf of his friends .... and while Job prays for his friends, God begins to turn the captivity of Job. (Good lesson for us today… instead of whining and complaining about our present circumstances, what if we prayed for others… and went to work serving others…)
Job looked above his circumstances and prayed for his friends... it's not easy to pray for others when you are in the dumps yourself and when your own life seems like it's falling or fallen apart... but Job didn't focus on his feelings but on God's word... What profound lessons for us today!
Ellen White writes the following encouraging statement: “Are you tempted to give way to feelings of anxious foreboding or utter despondency? In the darkest days, when appearances seem most forbidding, fear not. Have faith in God. He knows your need. He has all power. His infinite love and compassion never weary. Fear not that He will fail of fulfilling His promise. He is eternal truth. Never will He change the covenant He has made with those who love Him. And He will bestow upon His faithful servants the measure of efficiency that their need demands." Prophets and Kings, p. 165
“So the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning...” (Job 42:12)
What a testimony.
Tomorrow's Reading Prov. 1-2 and Phil. 4
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