May 5, 2026
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Reading along with us in Job? Here’s today’s reading:
Job 42 (NIV)
Job
1 Then Job replied to the Lord:
2“I know that you can do all things;
no purpose of yours can be thwarted.
3 You asked, ‘Who is this that obscures my plans without knowledge?’…..Continue Reading
Job is a great example of finding contentment in God. Our situation could be good, bad, or even ugly like Job, but we need to find the peace of God’s provision and care in every season. We also need to remember to check ourselves for the sin or disobedience we may be guilty of and repent of that. Our faith journey is never complete, there is always more to learn and understand. Job also reminds us that we could never truly understand God’s plan and that the “why” is not where the lesson comes from but the “how”. How do we respond, how to do we stay faithful, and how do we let God use it in our lives to continue to transform us more into His image each day!
Well what a fitting conclusion we have to this book. Job recognizes his position before God and that even he did not know Him in the way that he should….like we all should…accepting whatever comes from His hand because He knows best what He wants to accomplish with our lives. God also straightens out Job’s friends and helps them recognize how wrongly they had judged the situation and they need to make sacrifices because of how wrong they had been. And no one redeems things better than our God. He blesses Job immensely in light of what he had suffered for God. He lived long after these tragic events and had family and wealth to enjoy as he lived.
Not sure I would have prayed for those three men. But job does and God spares them because of jobs prayers. As Jesus said. Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you. My flesh still wins those battles. Working on it
I haven’t read Job 42 yet, but I was reading Psalm 51 this morning and thinking about pastors teaching in Galatians. I think the heart of Psalm 51 is that God desires the heart (belief/faith and contrition towards Him) rather than sacrifices (good works). This is the twist of the gospel that was there all along.
“O Lord, open my lips, And my mouth shall show forth Your praise. For You do not desire sacrifice, or else I would give it; You do not delight in burnt offering. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, A broken and a contrite heart— These, O God, You will not despise.”
Psalms 51:15-17 NKJV
Job 42
Job 42
“I am angry with you and your two friends, because you have not spoken the truth about me, as my servant Job has.” It is important to God that we tell the truth about him. The only way we can do that is to stay in his Word and pursue an understanding of who he is. Our God is a God of grace. He extends this grace towards Job’s friends when Job prays for them. And Job is given even more blessings than he had before. This is a wonderful ending to the story, one that can happen to us as well if not in this life, when we arrive in heaven to take our place amongst the saints!
Job 42
Even though Job’s defense of himself was accurate, his understanding of God was incomplete. He answers God in humility. Even so, he is vindicated before his friends and he prays for them.
““I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear, But now my eye sees You. Therefore I abhor myself, And repent in dust and ashes.””
Job 42:5-6 NKJV
It is encouraging that after all Job had suffered the Lord restored him.
Another interesting thing is that Job gave an inheritance to his daughters, breaking the cultural (and Biblical?) norm.