Day 152
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| God Can Do All Things! |
Scripture
Observation
Job has been confronted with God's power and wisdom. But the questions of his judgment and justice yet remains. Once again God uses interrogation ("Are you as strong as God?"), invitation ("Stand up like a man and brace yourself for battle"), and illustration ("Take a look at the hippopotamus [and the] crocodile") to bring Job to the point of repentance for his presumptuous attitude. Though Job still finds God's ways unsearchable, he is willing to trust God completely. Job emerges from his tragedy a man of renewed faith, having heard about God and spoken to God face to face.
Application
God doesn't just patch—he renews. God doesn't just salve sins—he saves. God doesn't just reform—he transforms.
For two weeks now you have been reading the agonizing account of Job, a man whose perseverance is well known.
Job's faith in God didn't necessarily make life easier for him. In some ways, that faith was the reason for his calamity! (Remember chapters 1-2?) And Job's confidence in God didn't automatically answer all his questions about God. But it gave him a strength and stability to accept what each day brought; prosperity and poverty, blessing and bereavement, the unexpected and the unexplainable.
That's what faith in God can do for you. As the songwriter Andrae Crouch has said, "Through it all, I've learned to trust in Jesus, I've learned to trust in God; through it all, I've learned to depend upon his Word."
But before you can learn to trust him, you must meet him face to face. If you've never done that, read today's scripture reading carefully and prayerfully. And remember, the God who saved and sustained Job can do the same for you!
For two weeks now you have been reading the agonizing account of Job, a man whose perseverance is well known.
Job's faith in God didn't necessarily make life easier for him. In some ways, that faith was the reason for his calamity! (Remember chapters 1-2?) And Job's confidence in God didn't automatically answer all his questions about God. But it gave him a strength and stability to accept what each day brought; prosperity and poverty, blessing and bereavement, the unexpected and the unexplainable.
That's what faith in God can do for you. As the songwriter Andrae Crouch has said, "Through it all, I've learned to trust in Jesus, I've learned to trust in God; through it all, I've learned to depend upon his Word."
But before you can learn to trust him, you must meet him face to face. If you've never done that, read today's scripture reading carefully and prayerfully. And remember, the God who saved and sustained Job can do the same for you!
Prayer
Lord, it is only You who can move mountains, but thank you that our faith and our prayers move you. We surrender our life completely to you today. We want to give this all to you in prayer. We praise your Holy Name. In Jesus name. Amen!
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