November 7, 2025 – Love Like God Loves

Love Like God Loves
November 7, 2025

KEY FROM 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.

 

THOUGHTS ON GOD’S WORD:

 

     “Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen; nobody knows my sorrow…”  Oh, woe is me. IS ANYONE PAYING ATTENTION HERE? I AM HURTING AND WANT SOMEONE TO SEE! This sounds too familiar. When people are in physical pain or emotional distress, it is hard to think of anything, much less anyone else. Our full attention is on ourselves and our problems. We begin to think, “Someone ought to be paying attention to me; I paid attention to them when they were hurting.” Truth be told, if you did pay attention to others in their time of need, then you could probably look around and see a host of people gathered to support you now. Still, when our eyes are on ourselves, it is hard to see others.

 

     As I read this passage of scripture, I found it interesting to see just when it was God who released Job from his captivity of the calamities that Satan had brought his way. Job was not only released but also restored, and even more so when he took his eyes off his situation and prayed for his friends. When Job interceded on behalf of his friends, the Lord removed the trials and health problems. Why, it is because the characteristics of Christ were shown through him in his love for others. His concern was not just for himself. Job displayed absolute true humility.

 

     One of the best ways to cope with life’s struggles is through a two-step process. Step one: Find a quiet place to be alone with God and bare your heart to Him. Cry if need be. Beg if you need to. Do whatever is required to give all your concerns to Him. Then get up and trust that He truly will deal with it. Step two: Find someone to help with his or her struggles. Getting your focus on others always helps to lose sight of your immediate situation, and it also makes you feel good to know you are using the gifts God gave you to help someone else.

 

CARRYING THAT THOUGHT THROUGH THE DAY:

 

     Are you in the midst of trials or terrible circumstances? Do you want to be free from them? Give them to God and go on to help someone else. You just might be God’s answer to someone else’s prayer today. Who knows, they might be the answer to yours!

 

What will you focus on today?

 

IF YOU ARE JOURNALING:

Ask yourself, what are MY THOUGHTS concerning this Passage and today’s Devotion?

 

Do I find within this reading a CHALLENGE for my life?

 

What are one or two things I WILL DO today or this week to accept that CHALLENGE?

 

  

GOD TALKING TO ME:  November 7, 2025

THROUGH THE BIBLE ACCELERATED READING
^{(OT-1, NT & PS-2, Prov-Monthly)}
Job 40-42 / Psalm 107:23-43
Proverbs 7 / Romans 2, 3

 

THROUGH THE BIBLE OLD & NEW TESTAMENT DAILY
Jeremiah 38-41  /  Hebrews 3