Happy Monday to all. I am glad you joined us! We are in deeply engulfed in the pain of Job in our Bible reading. This struggle has been going on for several days. When will it end? Stick with it there is great lessons to be learned from Job.
Past summary: The conversations with Job and his friends continue to boil. The friends are aggravated with Job and him with them as well. The friends are real sure Job has sinned greatly against God and it is time for him to come clean. The friends are determined to prove Job as guilty of something. Job, “a man of integrity" is still trying to understand the heavy hand of God on his life and deal with the accusing of his friends. Can you feel Job's frustration?
Today starts with Eliphaz's third response to Job. He reminds Job, "you must have done something, and it is your wickedness.” (Job 22:6-11). That sounds comforting coming from a friend huh? No, we hear lots of frustration seasoned with a little anger from this friend. They are getting real tired of Job. Amazingly, on over in verse 22 he sprinkles in a gentle touch of truth.
"Submit to God and you will have peace; then things will go well for you. Listen to his instructions and store them in your heart. If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored- so clean up your life." Job 22: 21-22.
This is such a truth that we can glean from this text and apply to our life. It didn't seem to make Job feel better or see a way out. However, the truth for us to learn today is to:
1. Submit 2, Listen and 3. Store in our hearts
In the closing stages of our reading today Job is still in the same condition. His friends are really not helping and they are aggravating him greatly. His friends seem to think they have all the answers, but yet Job knows they are just searching for words. There is a lesson to learn in Job about being a friend. We do not have all the answers, we can say, “If I was you" or "you should do this" or "you need to clean up your act". However, unless we are truly sure that it is a word from God we need to be quiet. Sometimes a friend needs us to be at hand to travel the storm alongside them.
1. Something old but new today: I heard the frustrations with Job and the friends. They are both getting aggravated with this situation. The friends are losing heart. A few chapters back one friend called Job a “wind bag" - Not very kind in his times of trouble.
2. Something new: The sprinkle of truth the friend throws out for us: "Submit, Listen and store"
3. Value application for today: There is a time to be quiet as a friend, a time to submit to God, a time to listen to Him and a time to store His word in my heart. We never know the day or the time we will need His stored word in our heart.
Enjoy your day and your reading! Please don't forget to comment and leave your insight. This will help us all to grow and learn together.
Sweet blessings,
Lesia
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