The Devotional - 42

The Devotional

Comment:

All the men in the book of Job seem knowledgeable of the power of God and it seems that the character of God’s Omni potent, presents and wisdom is somewhat understood. I think that if you take this wisdom away from them they would be like the rest of the world around them and that would be heathenistic. Job the man suffers beyond what we can imagine and it brings to mind the One who suffered more than Job. The LORD suffered over Jerusalem and the world in which He created. The extend of God’s suffering is yet to be understood by man and yet again this suffering is explained to the readers of the Holy Word of God. It began when Darkness (spiritual deception) fell upon the earth, Genesis 3:6-7/Luke 10:18 and will be relieved when He puts an end to Satan, sin and death in the New Heavens and Earth. Jesus is coming again, take a look… Revelation 22:7-16.

Challenge: Job 25 - 26

Of course these three men understand some of the characteristics of mankind as well, they say to Job that he has sinned against God, wronged his fellow man and gained his wealth by fraud, waste and abuse. Like the government of our day Job has isolated himself from God by surrounding himself with every kind of evil known to man and also gives hearty approval of all who do likewise. In other words Judges 21:25 and Romans 1:32 is how Job is viewed by these men.

Now, for the most part when you and I suffer some of those who know us may think the same, What if someone were to call you a maggot today and your dad nothing more than a worm? Psalm 22:6 in the prophetic words of David, Jesus thought of Himself as a worm of a man because of the scorn and hatred of the people (world) around Him, so don’t be cruel, be humble like Job.

Job’s reply to Bildad is good, “How have you helped the powerless and delivered the weak? What sort of counsel and advice have you offered to those without wisdom? We saints of God seem to have all the answers when we are talking to other saints, but place us in the midst of unbelieving circles and our mind races with “words unspoken” and when we come away from those moments in time we say things in our heart like. “What an opportunity and I said nothing!”

Some of the best wisdom regarding the Creation is expressed in the Book of Job, the understanding of these men of 3,500 years ago, give or take a year or five that God is the Creator of the heavens and the earth stands in our face today as a testimony that many of us in the world have rejected. Shame, it is a shame that mankind today has lost the way to see the beauty of God through Creation. Today it is unnatural but common for men and women worship the creature more than the Creator.

With Bildad’s short comments of chapter 25, we hear the last of Job’s three friends, yet there is another friend present. How long he has been there is revealed in the knowledge he refers to as to hearing there conversations. He has remained silent since he feels that he is but a youngster and should be silent. But he will open his mouth and speak. Actually he will have more to say than the others. I am excited about the Book of Job and I hope you are as well.