September 29, 2023
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Reading along with us in Job? Here’s today’s reading:
Job 10 (NIV)
1“I loathe my very life;
therefore I will give free rein to my complaint
and speak out in the bitterness of my soul.
2 I say to God: Do not declare me guilty,
but tell me what charges you have against me.
3 Does it please you to oppress me,
to spurn the work of your hands,…..Continue Reading
Job is weary and in bitterness of soul and is puzzled why God has allowed all these things to happen to him. For God has made him and fashioned him together round about. [ verse 8a] God has made him as the clay. [verse 9a] God has clothed him with skin and flesh, and fenced him with bones and sinews. [ verse 11] God has brought him forth out of the womb. [verse 18a] For Job is questioning that God made him from the womb so why destroy him now. For what purpose. It doesn`t make any sense to Job. God has many reasons why He does things. Just because we don`t understand why doesn`t mean that God isn`t in control. For He knows best and has the best interest for us. He is all knowing, all powerful, and deeply loves His children. A side note here is Job`s description of how God made each one of us. He made us who we are in our mother`s womb. That`s how personable God is to us. We are all made in the image of God yet different with our own finger prints, etc. Remember that brothers and sisters when we think nobody cares and we are alone. God cares so much that He died for each one of us. God bless us as we look to Him.
Self pity. If I was job the whole book would have been like ch. 10
Proverbs 21:30 There is no wisdom, no insight, no plan that can succeed against the Lord. Satan has been trying to change the outcome of God’s great kingdom plan since the beginning of time. He has not and will not succeed. Jesus overcame the world when he died on the cross and he drove out the prince of darkness. And the Lord’s plan for our glorious future will be carried out. No longer will there be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city, and his servants will serve him. They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. There will be no more night. They will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, for the Lord God will give them light. And they will reign for ever and ever. Revelation 22:3-5 Praise the Lord!
Job 10
Job 10
‘Why then have You brought me out of the womb?
Oh, that I had perished and no eye had seen me!
Job has hit the point that many of us come to much sooner when we thinking of any hard time we experience when he asks God…”Why??” I suppose for Job that question is more relevant as I can usually track my own poor choices or wrong thinking that winds me up in a bad situation but sometimes, like job, there doesn’t seem to be a reason and our reaction would be very similar to Job’s here.
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