Sun.’s Devo - Do Everything in Love

Read: Job 16:1-19:29; 1 Corinthians 16:1-24; Psalm 40:1-10: Provers 22:1 Job scolds his friends for being miserable comforters. If their situations were reversed he would try to encourage them instead of being judging and condemning. Once again he cries out for a mediator between him and God. *** Bildad speaks up and describes the wicked and their fate. He insinuates that it is the same fate that has come to Job so he must be wicked. *** Job tells him that his sin is none of their business. Job blames God for all his woes and never once considers that his enemy is Satan and not God. He claims that God is persecuting him. He warns his friends of the judgment to come that everyone will face. He tells them that their attitude deserves punishment. *** In Corinthians, Paul gives the people practical advice in how to collect money for the Jews in Jerusalem that are being persecuted. He tells them to put aside money at the first day of the week and by the time he gets there, they will have plenty and it wont be a such a hardship on them. *** Paul’s plan was to come to Corinth and spend the winter with them then take their gift with him to Jerusalem if they wanted him to. He was writing from Ephesus where he wished to stay until after Pentecost because God was moving so greatly there. *** Paul was sending Timothy to them now and asked them to treat him with respect even though he was young. Paul mentions others who were faithful in the ministry of spreading the gospel. He encourages them to stand firm in the faith, be courageous, be strong and to do everything in love. *** Lord, may we do as Paul said. May we stand strong in the day you have chosen us to live in. May we give freely of what you have given us and may we do everything in love as we occupy until you return.