Fri.’s Devo - Job’s Defense

Read: Job 4:1-7:21, 1 Co. 14:18-40, Ps. 37:30-40, Pr. 21:27 Job had more or less put his calamity on God’s sovereignty, but today Eliphaz tries to explain that there is a reaction to every action. You can only reap what you sow. He even tells of an encounter he had with God where God told him that He couldn’t even trust the righteousness of His angels and man is lower than angels. He suggests that God is correcting Job for something he has done but as soon as God is finished, His blessings will flow. Job replies that he is grieved beyond words and finds it a punishment to live. He contends that there is no sin between him and God. I love Job’s tenaciousness to stand up for himself. Some where we have gotten this wrong doctrine about how we have to sin every day. That is not scriptural. What is scriptural is that we ALL have sinned and come short of God’s glory, but once we become Christians we have the power of the Holy Spirit in us and we DON’T have to sin. If you have a question about this study Romans. Job was not being arrogant, he was humble and realized that his life was vanity and that he had sinned. Remember at the beginning of Job how Job was always offering sacrifices for his sons. Job knew how to repent - he was an intercessor for many. I’m sure Job prayed prayers like today’s Psalms. When reading the letters of the Apostles we have to remember that these were letters written to different churches to help them with their individual problems. In their church services they split the men and women. While the preacher was preaching, if a woman didn’t understand something she would yell her question to her husband. This was disrupting the service so that is why Paul told the women to hold their questions till they got home. Some have taken this so far out of context that they don’t even allow women to teach or preach in their churches. Tongues was another gift that got a bad rap. They were doing it too much in church and no one was benefiting unless someone interpreted what they said. In verse 39 Paul tells them not to forbid people to speak in tongues and he tells them that he speaks in tongues more than most of them. Lord, be our balance and give us discernment and wisdom.