Read Job chapter 42 VERSE: Job 42:3–You asked, “Who is this that obscures my plans without knowledge?” Surely I spoke if things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know. TRUTH: Job hears all that God has to say. He hears all the amazing things that God is in control of and all the ways that he is not. Job has nothing else to say other than this. God has reminded Job that Job doesn’t not understand as God understands. Go sees the total picture and that is why we can trust Him and why He allows certain things that we don’t understand because He does understand…

Read Job chapter 41 VERSE: Job 41:11–Who has a claim against me that I must pay. Everything under heaven belongs to me. TRUTH: God doesn’t owe us anything. There’s nothing we can go to God with and say, “Hey, You owe me this.” Everything under heaven is owned by God. He is the One who has all things and anything that we have access to in our life is simply a blessing that He has allowed us to use for the time being. Do we look at our lives and our things with this knowledge. Or, do we start to think that because of what we’ve done or not done,…

Read Job chapter 37 VERSE: Job 37:23–The Almighty is beyond our reach and exalted in power; in his justice and great righteousness, he does not oppress. TRUTH: Elihu is coming to the end of his speech to Job. He gives his reason for why Job is experiencing the difficulties that he is. Elihu states so many things that God does that Job cannot know or understand. He basically tells Job, “Look, God is so amazing and so powerful and so mysterious, we can’t possibly know why He’s done what He’s done.” While that is partially true, we’ll see God’s actual response to Job starting tomorrow. God is amazing and God…

Read Job chapter 36 VERSE: Job 36:26–How great is God–beyond our understanding! The number of his years is past finding out. TRUTH: How long has it been since we marveled at the wonder of God? God is amazing and marvelous and truly beyond our understanding. He has control of so much and yet He is so generous and kind. Do we truly marvel and wonder about all that God is and then do we praise Him for it? RESPONSE: Father, You are great an amazing! I do not take enough time to truly marvel in all that You are and today, I pray that You will show me more ways…

Read Job chapter 35 VERSE: Job 35:6–If you sin, how does that affect him? If your sins are many, what does that do to him? TRUTH: Elihu is reminding Job that even when Job sins, those sins do not negatively impact God. Our sin doesn’t hurt God or injure Him in any way. Sometimes we think that by sinning we are hurting God, but in truth, the only person that our sin damages is us. Our sin damages our relationship with God. God is saddened by our sin. He desires to see us be obedient to Him, but we are the ones that are experiencing the results and consequences of…

Read Job chapter 34 VERSE: Job 34:12–It is unthinkable that God would do wrong, that the Almighty would pervert justice. TRUTH: God is God. He is Holy and He is righteous. When we think of the very definition of justice, that is God. God can’t act contrary to who He is. That is why it is unthinkable that God would sin. That is simply contrary to who He is. God is just and he will call all people to His justice. Everything will be made right at the precise moment in time when God chooses. In the meantime, we can trust in the character of God and know that He…

Read Job chapter 32 VERSE: Job 32:8–But it is the spirit in a person, the breath of the Almighty that gives them understanding. TRUTH: We are God-breathed dirt. Each time I start to think that I really know something or am able to do something on my own, I am reminded of this very truth. Job has finished talking and his 3 friends have nothing more to say, so now we hear from the younger man who has been sitting on the sideline just listening to everything that everyone has said. He starts off by reminding them that understanding only comes from God. We will do so much better in…

Read Job chapter 30 VERSE: Job 30:20–“I cry out to you, God, but you do not answer; I stand up, but you merely look at me.” TRUTH: Job is hurting right now and he continues to cry out to God and bring God his concerns. However, he doesn’t feel that God is answering. We can feel like that a lot when we are having problems and we’ve prayed and prayed and prayed and it doesn’t seem like God is doing anything for us. Still, God never leaves us and even when we don’t hear His answers or see Him moving, we can rest in the trust that God is still there.…