Post by Woody Williams on Sept 16, 2010 7:23:33 GMT -5
Text for the Day -- Job 40:6-9, 42:1-6
----------
Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind: "Gird up your loins
like a man; I will question you, and you declare to me. Will you even
put me in the wrong? Will you condemn me that you may be justified?
Have you an arm like God, and can you thunder with a voice like his?
Then Job answered the LORD: "I know that you can do all things, and
that no purpose of yours can be thwarted. 'Who is this that hides
counsel without knowledge?' Therefore I have uttered what I did not
understand, things too wonderful for me, which I did not know. 'Hear,
and I will speak; I will question you, and you declare to me.' I had
heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you;
therefore I despise myself, and repent in dust and ashes."
Devotional
----------
Job comes to a new knowledge of God through his experiences of being
tested. God has a purpose in what God does, but it is often unknown
to us. Job repents as a sign of his realizing that he is dust and ash
when compared to God. He acknowledges his finiteness and weakness
before God. Job's life is restored to him. Look for God's purpose in
all your struggles in life as God works to carry you through.
Prayer
----------
You are God, O Lord, and I am human. Help me remember that. Amen
----------
Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind: "Gird up your loins
like a man; I will question you, and you declare to me. Will you even
put me in the wrong? Will you condemn me that you may be justified?
Have you an arm like God, and can you thunder with a voice like his?
Then Job answered the LORD: "I know that you can do all things, and
that no purpose of yours can be thwarted. 'Who is this that hides
counsel without knowledge?' Therefore I have uttered what I did not
understand, things too wonderful for me, which I did not know. 'Hear,
and I will speak; I will question you, and you declare to me.' I had
heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you;
therefore I despise myself, and repent in dust and ashes."
Devotional
----------
Job comes to a new knowledge of God through his experiences of being
tested. God has a purpose in what God does, but it is often unknown
to us. Job repents as a sign of his realizing that he is dust and ash
when compared to God. He acknowledges his finiteness and weakness
before God. Job's life is restored to him. Look for God's purpose in
all your struggles in life as God works to carry you through.
Prayer
----------
You are God, O Lord, and I am human. Help me remember that. Amen