Category Archives: Bible

RESTORED BLESSINGSJob 38–42 “The LORD blessed the latter part of Job’s life more than the first” (Job 42:12). The New Testament invites us to consider Job’s experience, and realize that “the Lord is full of compassion and mercy” (James 5:11). OverviewGod challenged Job to consider His wisdom (38:1–39:30) and His power (40:1–41:34). Job repented (42:1–6).Continue reading “The 365-Day Devotional Commentary”

JOB’S INNOCENCEJob 28–37 “Does He not see my ways and count my every step?” (Job 31:4) Job’s powerful defense portrays a practical piety that can serve you and me as a guide to godliness. And Elihu reminds us that suffering can be a gift. BackgroundElihu’s contribution. Job and his friends had reached an impasse. TheyContinue reading “The 365-Day Devotional Commentary”

JOB’S CONDEMNATIONJob 22–27 “Is not your wickedness great? Are not your sins endless?” (Job 22:5) Job’s defense of himself and his disturbing questions about God’s justice upset his friends. In their eyes such impious thoughts proved that Job must be numbered with the wicked. OverviewEliphaz was shocked at Job’s apparent attack on God’s justice (22:1–18),Continue reading “The 365-Day Devotional Commentary”

DO THE WICKED PAY?Job 15–21 “How often is the lamp of the wicked snuffed out? How often does calamity come upon them, the fate God allots in His anger?” (Job 21:17) Though Job’s friends insisted differently, we all know, as Job knew, that every wicked man is not repayed in this life for his evilContinue reading “The 365-Day Devotional Commentary”

Job INTRODUCTIONSet in the second millennium B.C., when wealth was measured in cattle and the patriarch served as family priest, the epic of Job explores the relationship between human suffering and divine justice. Job, a righteous man, was crushed by sudden disasters. His three friends argued that God was punishing him for some hidden sin.Continue reading “The 365-Day Devotional Commentary”