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

Daily Devotional from Job 26--Verse 13“By his breath the heavens gained their beauty; his hand pierced the fleeing serpent.”This verse reminds me of Genesis 1-3. God spoke creation into existence. He formed humans out of the dust and breathed life into us. The serpent deceived us and was cursed, with God promising that one day the serpent would be killed by the seed of the woman. It seems as if Jo...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Job 25--Verses 5-6“Behold, even the moon is not bright, and the stars are not pure in his [God’s] eyes; how much less man, who is a maggot, and the son of man, who is a worm!”This was spoken by Bildad. Boy, did he have it wrong. Did he not know? Man was created in the IMAGE of GOD. How could he then call man a maggot? David pondered the greatness of God compared to man when h...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Job 24--Verse 13, 24a“There are those who rebel against the light, who are not acquainted with its ways, and do not stay in its paths… they are exalted a little while, then are gone; they are brought low and gathered up as all others…”To Job and to us, it appears that the ungodly prosper without consequence. They are murderers, thieves, and adulterers without penalty. They do...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Job 23--Verse 12“I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my portion of food.”Have you ever been on a fast and dreamily fantasized about what you would have for your next meal? Well, that should remind us of what our soul does every time we fast from the Word of God. We can go days without soul food, or simply feed our minds with spiritual junk food, but there’s a de...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Job 22--“If you return to the Almighty you will be built up; if you remove injustice far from your tents, if you lay gold in the dust, and gold of Ophir among the stones of the torrent-bed, for then you will delight yourself in the Almighty and lift up your face to God.”Job‘s friends are still convinced that he has sinned and is suffering as a result.They are encouraging him ...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Job 21--Verse 7“Why do the wicked live, reach old age, and grow mighty in power?”That sums up this whole chapter: ‘Why do the wicked prosper, while I, a righteous person, am slammed into the ground?’ When we are faced with calamities that seem unfair or undeserved, a sure way to drive ourselves mad is to focus on ‘Why’.We don’t always get to know the reason. Sometimes there’s...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Job 20--In Zophar’s second response to Job, we again see his very linear mindset that good people will have good lives, and wicked people will suffer. And when Zophar encountered a circumstance that could suggest otherwise–like Job’s suffering without a clear cause–he clung to the belief that only wicked people suffer. It’s certainly human nature to think that way, and even t...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Job 19--Verse 21“Have mercy on me, have mercy on me, O you my friends, for the hand of God has touched me!”Have you ever wanted to help a grieving friend but didn’t know what to say?Sometimes not knowing what to say—or thinking we know the answers–isn’t what our loved ones need. Job’s friends wanted to help, but their “help” ended up being wrong and didn’t comfort Job.Trying ...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Job 18--Verses 1-4“Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said: ‘How long will you hunt for words? Consider, and then we will speak. Why are we counted as cattle? Why are we stupid in your sight? You who tear yourself in your anger, shall the earth be forsaken for you, or the rock be removed out of its place?’”Job is a broken and burdened man. Bilhab is trying to convince Job t...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Job 17--Job is in despair, hopes dashed, finding no comfort from his friends, longing for death and the grave. Our need for God is made obvious by trials and troubles. We can “take fresh courage to persevere from the example of suffering Job. The image is from a warrior acquiring new courage in action” (Charles Spurgeon).In Isaiah 40:29-32, we see that the Lord gives power to...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Job 16--Verse 4“I also could speak as you do, if you were in my place;I could join words together against you and shake my head at you.”It’s easy for any of us to judge someone who is going through a hard time. It’s easy to try to problem-solve and think we know why those hardships are happening. Sometimes we need to turn off our problem-solving and just lend an ear. Job’s fr...  Read More