Sat.’s Devo - The Higher Wealth

Read: Job 24-28
Job has noticed that the wicked often seem to go unpunished in this life. They shun God and the truth but they will face God’s judgment one day.
Bilhad changes the subject and addresses Job’s desire to have an audience with God to present his case. He asks how can man who is impure appear before a holy God who is pure? This is how the devil wants us to see ourselves. Now that we have the blood of Jesus to wash our sins away, we are holy and are invited to appear before God and present our case.
Job reproves Bihad and expounds on the power of God. He still holds to the fact that God has brought this on Job and that he is righteous before God. Job has an understanding that he is the Lord’s and His spirit dwells within him. It is the Lord’s Spirit that makes him righteous and he refuses to come down from that truth. As for the hypocrite…that is another story. Job concludes his speech on the subject of wisdom. Since his friends put such a high price on material wealth, he explains that there is something much higher and more costly and that is wisdom. Proverbs would agree that the fear of the Lord is where wisdom is found and to depart from evil is understanding.
Lord, help us to value Your wisdom and understanding above all the earth has to offer.