Mon.’s Devo - Job’s End

Read Job 42 After God finished speaking, Job was undone with repentance. Only God can change a heart and convict. Job’s friends tried to get Job to repent but Job didn’t see his need. When he had an encounter with God he saw his need. God reached inside to his heart. This is a good word to us who think it is our duty to get people saved. That is not our duty, it is God’s. Our job is to be led by the spirit and say the things he tells us to say and pray. We can’t convict a person or convince a person they need God. We can present him to them and let God do the changing. God then went to visit Eliphaz and rebuked him for trying to be Him to Job. He stood up for Job even though Job wasn’t right either. He was now. He told them to take 7 bulls and 7 rams to Job and offer a sacrifice and ask Job to pray for them. How humbling was that??? But when God speaks, you obey and they did. Interesting: he didn’t include the last younger one, Elihu. I guess he was letting him off the hook since he was immature and young. Verse 10 is the crowning verse for Job: “And the Lord turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the Lord give Job twice as much as he had before.” Then God put it on all his friends hearts to come over and spend time with him and give him money and gold. I wonder if they heard that GOD ALMIGHTY had spoken to him. That would be something to come over and hear about. God doubled his livestock and replaced the same number of children. After this, Job lived 140 years and saw 4 generations. He died living out all his days. Lord, it is always good to hear a happy ending. You are the author of happy endings and you have one planned for all of us.