(REFLECTIONS ON Job 6:1-30; Job 7:1-21) Theology is research, study, mediation, worship, and prayer concerning God. Theology’s aim is to understand God so that we can worship Him and give Him glory. However, what good is your theology when what is needed is compassion and grace? What Job needs from his friends is kindness, but rather what […]
(REFLECTIONS ON Job 4:1-21; Job 5:1-27) Eliphaz is the first of Job’s friends that speak up. Although he accuses Job of being impatient, through the words on the page, we can almost hear Eliphaz’s impatience in wanting to correct Job for cursing the day he was born. Eliphaz’s conclusion can be found in Job 5:17, 17 […]
(REFLECTIONS ON Job 3:1-26) In all that has happened to Job, he did not curse God. Even when his wife said to him, “Do you still hold fast your integrity? Curse God and die!” Job did not curse God. However, in today’s Scripture, we see Job curse the day of his birth. Job cries out, 11 […]
(REFLECTIONS ON Job 2:1-13) Everything was taken from Job, yet in his brokenness, he responded with worship. Yet, accusers and adversaries don’t just come around once in a lifetime, but just as we have gotten over one challenge, immediately another comes. Again the accuser, the adversary, that is Satan, challenges Job’s faithfulness by asking God to […]
(REFLECTIONS ON Job 1:1-22) As we begin to look at the Book of Job together as a church, let us consider this man, blameless, upright, fearing God, and turning away from evil. Blameless in his actions, and blessed in all he had. His life, however, was not just based on a moment of holiness, but Scripture […]
12–18 May 2019. 2 Chronicles 16 (click to read). When people think about God, too often they imagine him like some kind of almighty policeman up in the sky. They think that God – like the secret police – is always secretly watching what we do, listening to what we say, and even eavesdropping on the […]
28 October – 3 November 2018. Job 37 (click to read). When it comes to the problem of Job’s suffering, the young and foolish Elihu thinks he has all the answers. Many of the answers Elihu offers Job are not so different from ideas on suffering we still hear from people today. In chapter 37, […]
21–27 October 2018. Job 30 (click to read). We know the way the world is supposed to work. People who do bad things are supposed to be punished, and people who do good should be rewarded. But sadly things don’t always work out that way. Too often the evil and corruption in this world makes […]
14–20 October 2018. Job 23 (click to read). Job knows that he has done nothing wrong. He knows that he has done nothing to deserve such terrible pain and disaster in his life. So Job dreams of bringing a court case to God and defending himself against God. In his heart Job knows this situation is […]
30 September – 6 October 2018. Job 9 (click to read). When things go wrong in our lives, that’s already bad enough. But what makes our suffering worse is knowing that there will always be people around us who will see our pain and be happy. When bad things happen, there will always be a few […]