August 2023

Forgetting Nothing

AUGUST 2, 2023
Daily Reading – Job 39-42 / Acts 26

GOD’S WORD:

Job 42:10 And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.

 

 GETTING INTO GOD’S WORD:

        Did God forget something? Our verse today, Job 42:10 says, “And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.” When Job prayed for the forgiveness of his friends, (who had been somewhat miserable friends,) God released him from the oppression he was under. This does teach us about the need and the power of forgiving. However, it also says that God gave Job twice as much as he originally lost. Twice as many sheep, camels, oxen, and donkeys. Yet Job was only blessed with seven sons and three daughters. Granted that is a large family, but it is the same number of children he had to begin with. Job 1:2 says, “And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters.” That is not double, it is the same. Did God forget something?

 

        Oh no my friend, God did not mess up here. You see God blessed Job with another ten children. However, in Job 19:25 Job said, “For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:” Job knew that in the resurrection which he spoke of, he would see those first ten children again. Even Job’s life was twice as long as Psalm 90:10 says a natural man’s days should be when it said. “The days of our years are threescore years and ten…” Oh no dear friend, God is forgetting nothing. 

 

 GETTING GOD’S WORD INTO ME:

        You can trust in God’s Word when He says something. The blessings and promises in His Word all happen just as God says they will. That also means that when God speaks of judgement for the lost, well, that will happen like He said as well.

 

What promises are you anticipating?

 

 

Final Exam

AUGUST 1, 2023
Daily Reading – Job 35-38 / Acts 25

GOD’S WORD:

Job 38:2-3 Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.

 

 GETTING INTO GOD’S WORD:

        The words from the lips of any instructor that most every student dread, “There will be a test on this material.” NO, not a test! OK, so now we know there is a test, what kind of test will it be? Multiples choice, where at least I may have a chance of guessing the right answer? Will it be fill-in-the-blank, so that maybe the sentence will help me to remember? NO, this is the worst kind of test ever. It is an essay test, where a question is asked, and you are required to write an essay on the topic. Then it is up to the person grading that test to decide if they like the story you wrote or not. YUK!!!! Ok, let’s make it even more interesting. There will be a series of several questions on the same topic and the examiner is expecting one answer from all who take this test. The essay is expected to be only one sentence long. It is the final exam, and you need it to pass. 

 

        Job has listened to his earthly friends, who have not been a lot of help at all. Finally, at the end of the book, the one everyone has been talking about speaks up. God tells Job, “Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.” Get ready for a test. Then God proceeds to ask Job a series of questions like, did you make the earth, do you feed the wild animals, can you control the weather, or do you control the oceans, seas, and rivers. All these have one right answer. “No Sir.” 

 

 GETTING GOD’S WORD INTO ME:

        God was not trying to stump Job into giving a wrong answer. He simply was making known the obvious truth. There is only one God. Furthermore, this God, created and maintains all of life. Who then are we to question His decisions? 

 

How would you answer this Final Exam?