Daily Devotional from Job 38--Verse 4Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding.Sometimes it’s easier to trust in our own understanding or the understanding of others than it is to trust God. Here God is stating that He has a higher perspective than we do. He created the earth and He continues to sustain it. Job and his friends were trying to make th...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Job 37–Verse 5God thunders wondrously with his voice; he does great things that we cannot comprehend.Although Elihu’s speech to Job and his friends still fell short of perfect, I just love the things he says in this chapter. He is keenly aware of God’s majesty, and he knows that it outweighs everything else. Elihu emphasizes that God is above all, and he is all-powerful, no m...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Job 36—Verses 11-12If they listen and serve him, they complete their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasantness. But if they do not listen, they perish by the sword and die without knowledge.Elihu is making big claims here. In a way, his logic suggests that those who were martyred for Christ died because they were outside of God’s will. That would be silly to think.Y...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Job 35–Verse 5Look at the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds, which are higher than you.Elihu tells Job to look at the clouds to illustrate that God is infinitely higher than we are. Elihu claims that our actions do not affect God, but he is mistaken. Hebrews 13:16 tells us that God is pleased when we do good, and Isaiah 59:2 says our sins hide God’s face from us. God ce...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Job 34--Verse 32aTeach thou me what I do not see…In a sermon on Job 34, Charles Spurgeon talked of believers excusing sin as “constitutional” or a part of one’s “temperament” and thus unavoidable. “It’s just the way I am. I can’t help it”.  The enemy would have us believe this about besetting sins and vulnerabilities which we may indulge in ourselves or expect others to overl...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Job 33-Verses 29-30 Behold, God does all these things, twice, three times, with a man, to bring back his soul from the pit, that he may be lighted with the light of life.The three times with a man refers to God speaking to man through visions (Job 33:14),through afflictions (Job 33:15-17), and through messengers (Job 33:23).Sometimes God’s Words of wisdom are hard to see, har...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Job 32--Verses 19-20 (RSV)Behold, my heart is like wine that has no vent;    like new wineskins, it is ready to burst. I must speak, that I may find relief;    I must open my lips and answer.Have you ever been in a conversation with someone and felt like this? Like you have to say something or you will burst open? Like a volcano about to erupt?Sometimes what we feel we need t...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Job 31--Verses 5-6If I have walked with falsehood and my foot has hastened to deceit; (Let me be weighed in a just balance, and let God know my integrity!)Job knows that God is a just God.And he is willing to accept the penalty for any discretion. But in his heart, he thinks he’s innocent; he is a good man. He is even making a list of all of the things he could’ve done wrong ...  Read More

Verse 17The night racks my bones, and the pain that gnaws me takes no rest. When you are in the depths of pain, it feels like it will never end. But remember… all earthly suffering is only temporary. Job’s agony, though overwhelming at the time, was over long ago. Compared to the vastness of eternity, our current trials are only "light and momentary." Take heart, dear friend. This pain is not the ...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Job 29--Verse 2"Oh, that I were as in the months of old, as in the days when God watched over me.”Job is remembering the good old days. While the good old days may be fun to remember, Job was missing one thing. He said, “In the days when God watched over me.” God was still watching over Job; He always had been and would continue to watch over Job all the days of his life. Yet...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Job 28--Verse 28“And he said to man, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”King Solomon was known for his wisdom. When God offered to give him anything he wanted, he chose understanding and a discerning heart over riches and long life. Because of this good choice, God gave him a wise and discerning heart, plus what he did...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Job 27--Verse 3-5“As long as my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils,  my lips will not speak falsehood, and my tongue will not utter deceit. Far be it from me to say that you are right; till I die I will not put away my integrity from me.”I love Job. He has had such a hard lot, yet he refuses to curse God and lie to his friends, saying that all the things...  Read More