Tues.’s Devo - Life in Death

Read: Job 34:1-36:33; 2 Corinthians 4:1-12; Psalm 44:1-8; Proverbs 22:10-12 Elihu continues his banter against Job. He calls on his listeners to have discernment about Job’s dilemma. Job claims he is innocent yet he surrounds himself with evil men. (I wonder if Elihu counted himself as one of these evil men since he had been with him for a while.) Elihu says that Job deserves the maximum penalty for his sin. He has added rebellion and disrespect to his list of sins against God. He argued that whether man sins or doesn’t sin, it doesn’t affect God. Elihu concludes that Job needs to turn from his evil because God sent this suffering to keep him from a life of evil. He claims Job has no right to tell God that he has done him wrong. Elihu tells Job that he needs to worship God for who he is and repent. Paul explains that the mercy we have been given is so undeserved that it should encourage us not to give up on others who are perishing in their sin. We have the truth and need to be bold in sharing it. We bring the light of the truth to a dark world. Their response is not our responsibility, we are only charged to share the truth. Our trials are worth it for in death there is life. Lord, help us to be a light in the darkness and bring hope to the hopeless. May we hear your songs of deliverance and be encouraged.