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Christian Devotional – December 9, 2016
Read Job chapter 24 VERSE: Job 24:24–For a little while they are exalted, and then they are gone; they are brought low and gathered up like all others; they are cut off like heads of grain. TRUTH: As Job continues speaking, he discusses the wicked people. Job knows that eventually those people who are wicked will be punished for what they have done. However, it seems like they are exalted at first. When we look at our world, the same seems to be true. We see people who are doing evil and yet they appear to be successful. They appear to “get away with it.” Job indicates that he seems…
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Christian Devotional – December 8, 2016
Read Job chapter 23 VERSE: Job 23:13–“But he stands alone, and who can oppose him? He does whatever he pleases.” TRUTH: Job is speaking here and he’s talking about God. God stands alone and no one can oppose Him. God does whatever He pleases. This is very true and speaks to the power and majesty of who God is. Job has seen this demonstrated in his life first hand. He had difficult things happen to him, and God is the only One who stands alone and can do whatever He pleases throughout the entire situation. Job knows this, but that doesn’t make it “feel” any better while he is going…
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Christian Devotional – December 7, 2016
Read Job chapter 22 VERSE: Job 22:26–Surely then you will find delight in the Almighty, and will lift up your face to God. TRUTH: Job’s friends were under a wrong assumption, that a person can only find delight in God if things are all going right in your life. They also assumed that if things were going right in your life, then you were obeying God because God would give you happiness. Both of those are wrong assumptions. We can find delight in God no matter what our circumstances. We can know His joy and His delight in everything that we do and in every circumstance that we find ourselves…
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Christian Devotional – December 6, 2016
Read Job chapter 21 VERSE: Job 21:14–Yet they say to God “Leave us alone! We have no desire to know your ways.” TRUTH: When we hear people make the statement above, we often think they are just uninterested or not caring about religious ideas. However, the Bible actually indicates that they are wicked. People who are trapped in sin and who don’t have a relationship with God, they don’t have any interest in Godly things. Why should they? They don’t want God to influence their lives and they don’t want to see people doing things that please God. Many times we try to excuse people’s disinterest in God, when actually…
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Christian Devotional – December 5, 2016
Read Job chapter 20 VERSE: Job 20:20–Surely he will have no respite from his craving; he cannot save himself by his treasure. TRUTH: As Job’s friend Zophar speaks, he looks to remind Job of all the consequences that the evil people will face. He explains in this verse that when God starts to judge the evil people, they will not be able to avoid it and won’t be able to buy their way out of it. This is a true statement, it just doesn’t apply to Job. It is important to remember this, though. For there are evil people in the world and people who haven’t submitted to God and…
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Christian Devotional – December 2, 2016
Read Job chapter 19 VERSE: Job 19:25–I know that my redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand on the earth. TRUTH: Job, even after all he had been through, was able to confidently make this statement. He knew that his redeemer lives. He knew that in the end, God is victorious and God will stand in victory over everything in this world. Even with all that he was going through and experiencing, this is the true definition of hope. Despite all that Job saw and experience, he had a firm confidence that what God had promised would be what God did. He knew it and his hope…
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Christian Devotional – December 1, 2016
Read Job chapter 18 VERSE: Job 18:21–Surely such is the dwelling of an evil man; such is the place of one who does not know God. TRUTH: As Job’s friends continue to share with him, they start to get angry with him. This latest one indicates that there are consequences to the evil that is done in the world. When people sin and do evil, there are consequences to that. After describing these in detail, Bildad makes this statement. While these statements don’t directly apply to Job, they are important to consider that when we are in rebellion to God, our life is falling apart. We will experience all the…
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Christian Devotional – November 30, 2016
Read Job chapter 17 VERSE: Job 17:9–Nevertheless, the righteous will hold to their ways, and those with clean hands will grow stronger. TRUTH: Persistence, tenacity, endurance. All of these words describe the idea that Job indicates here. Those people who are seeking righteousness and striving for obedience to God, they will hold on, even in the midst of persecution and trials. There are numerous difficulties and problems that will come our way, especially if we are living a life of obedience to Jesus Christ. Even with that, we must make the decision that we will hold on to this and keep going, even when we are feeling overwhelmed and buried…
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Christian Devotional – November 29, 2016
Read Job chapter 16 VERSE: Job 16:12–All was well with me, but he shattered me; he seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has made me his target. TRUTH: Job is speaking here and he is giving his perspective on what happened and how he feels God has responded to him. Job feels like everything was going well in his life, but then all of a sudden, out of nowhere, God took him and broke him. Everything that he had was shattered and crushed. Job doesn’t understand why these things happened to him. Anyone who has been in a position to lose the things they hold most dear…
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Christian Devotional – November 28, 2016
Read Job chapter 15 VERSE: Job 15:31–Let him not deceive himself by trusting what is worthless, for he will get nothing in return. TRUTH: Trust is a very important thing. It gets talked about a lot and most people make decisions based on who or what they trust. Yet, it is important to remember that if we are trusting in something that is worthless, then all the decisions that we make based on that thing will be worthless. Our trust was misplaced. We must realize that when we trust in something that is worthless, it will impact and affect all of our decisions going forward. When we look at our…