August 31, 2025
“When the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy” (Job 38:7 ESV). The Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, asking a series of questions meant to humble him. The Lord asked where Job was when He laid the foundation of the earth, when the “morning stars sang together
August 24, 2025
“I am a laughingstock to my friends; I, who called to God and he answered me, a just and blameless man, am a laughingstock.” (Job 12:4 ESV). As Job maintained his righteousness, his friends continued to disagree with him. Job, who had lost his children, most of his possessions and whose body was covered in
August 22, 2025
“Then Job answered and said: ‘Oh that my vexation were weighed, and all my calamity laid in the balances! For then it would be heavier than the sand of the sea; therefore my words have been rash.’” (Job 6:1–3 ESV). Job responds to his friends’ rebuke with honesty. He admits that his words have been
August 21, 2025
“The LORD said to Satan, ‘From where have you come?’ Satan answered the LORD and said, ‘From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and down on it.’” (Job 1:7 ESV). This heavenly scene introduces us to Satan, whose very name means “Accuser.” When summoned before the Lord, he must give
August 29, 2024
“I have made a covenant with my eyes; how then could I gaze at a virgin?” (Job 31:1 ESV). Job made a covenant with his eyes not to gaze at a young woman. His “covenant” (“pledge, sacred promise”) was with God and with his wife, that his eyes belonged to God and to his wife
August 22, 2024
“What is man, that you make so much of him, and that you set your heart on him, visit him every morning and test him every moment?” (Job 7:17-18 ESV). Job doesn’t accuse God of being absent, but of being too present. He doesn’t blame his suffering on being forsaken by the Lord as most
August 28, 2023
“My harp plays sad music, and my flute accompanies those who weep” (Job 30:31 NLT) The grief that covered Job like a cloud affected even his ear for music. The harp, a stringed instrument, was often employed by David to lighten the mood of King Saul. It was an instrument used in worship and in
August 27, 2023
“For I have stayed on God’s paths; I have followed his ways and not turned aside. I have not departed from his commands, but have treasured his words more than daily food” (Job 23:11-12 NLT). Job lived during the time of the patriarchs, before the written Word was given through Moses. Yet he knew the
August 26, 2023
“How can your empty clichés comfort me? All your explanations are lies!” (Job 21:34 NLT). On top of all of Job’s grief he had to suffer the futile comfort of his so-called friends. Job had lost his children, his wealth and even his own health, yet those who came to pay their respects had no
August 25, 2023
“But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, and he will stand upon the earth at last. And after my body has decayed, yet in my body I will see God!” (Job 19:25-26 NLT). Long before Christ came to redeem us from our sin, Job already looked for such a “Redeemer.” Job placed