- In all this Job did not sin or charge God with wrong. Job 1:22 – So it is possible. It is possible to go through a season of life where everything is going wrong and the things precious to you are being stripped away but you still don’t turn to sin as a result. Job didn’t even have time to catch his breath before servant after servant came and broke the news of the horrors that had happened in his life. This year has felt in many ways like that section of verses here in this first chapter. One thing after another, more bad news right after getting bad news. From COVID to wildfires to even something called murder hornets of all things! Yet through it all we still have to make the choice to continue after God or turn to follow sinfulness instead. Job shows us we really have no worthwhile excuse to turn to sin. The choice remains in your hands. Will you let the struggles redirect your path or reaffirm in? I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 1453
- And when the days of the feast had run their course, Job would send and consecrate them, and he would rise early in the morning and offer burnt offerings according to the number of them all. For Job said, “It may be that my children have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts.” Thus Job did continually. Job 1:5 – We are stepping into the study of a new book, the book of Job. While this may be a book where we see repeated themes arise, we’ll also see a repeated faithfulness from Job like we see in this chapter. Job was an upright and faithful man after God’s heart. He came to the Lord continually, as we see in our passage above, to offer sacrifices for his family. God blessed him and he blessed the Lord, which is why such a target was upon him. This idea of “continually” needs to find its way more into the Christian life. Job came to the Lord daily. This wasn’t a once a week situation when church was in session. In fact at the time when Job was written, there wouldn’t have been even Jewish temples or synagogues to attend and hear the law read. He had all the perfect reasonings to not be faithful. No church to go to, no written words to read, and no needs to be concerned with. Yet Job continually came to the Lord to worship Him. Let us find ourselves in a posture of “continually.” Maybe the family doesn’t get up to go to church, but you can still go by yourself. Maybe no one else in the office prayers, but you can still. Maybe it’s mocked to read scripture out in the open wherever you are at, do it anyways. We’ll see through times of blessing and times of hard, Job continued to seek out the Lord. Let’s seek to follow God continually. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 2626
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