If Job’s story were made into a movie and your family had rented it for tonight, when you came to this part of the story you’d fast-forward; you wouldn’t want your children to watch. It’s not only unedited, it’s raw and borderline heretical!
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Necessary Consequences
There is a plan that we explore which we will not understand, but it is best. Though each segment of it may not seem fair or pleasant, it works together for good. The disease Job endured wasn’t good in and of itself. Hardly!
Read MoreSurprising Sovereignty
All the time Haman was having the gallows built, he could see—enthusiastically anticipate—Mordecai impaled there. Now he is condemned to die there himself. We call this irony. Theologians call it sovereignty.
Read MoreResults of Waiting
Now, even though what happened in the three days between chapters 4 and 5 is not recorded, don’t think for a moment that God is whiling away His time, busy with other things. Remember, He may be invisible, but He is at work.
Read MoreAll Your Heart
That was some prayer. Elijah was not able to say, “Let this child’s life return to him, as it happened to Enoch, as it happened to Isaac, as it happened to Moses,” because there was no precedence for this particular miracle.
Read MoreThe Brook Has Dried Up
One morning Elijah noticed that the brook wasn’t gushing over the rocks or running as freely as it had in days past. Since that single stream of water was his lifeline, he checked it carefully.
Read MorePenetrating the Darkness
Are times hard? Are days of trouble upon you? When times are tough, the Lord is our only security. David assures us in his song that the Lord delights in us; He sees and cares about what is happening in our lives, this very moment.
Read MoreCave Dwellers
Now look at Psalm 34, which I believe is the third psalm he wrote while in the cave. What a difference. What a change has come over David! He says, “I will bless the LORD at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth” (v. 1).
Read MoreNever Alone
David had bottomed out. This was the lowest moment of David’s life to date, and if you want to know how he really felt, just read the song he composed during those days, Psalm 142. Can you feel the loneliness of that desolate spot?
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