- They say to God, ‘Depart from us! We do not desire the knowledge of your ways. What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what profit do we get if we pray to him?’ Job 21:14-15 – Are you ready for a response back like this? While here there seemed to be some harshness within the words, the questions are legitimate questions people will have. What is the Almighty that you speak of that we should give ourselves to Him? What is it that we get out of praying to Him? Why should we acknowledge and follow what you say about Jesus? Are you ready to have a healthy conversation back after a response like that? Right now is the time to be thinking about what you’d say and how you’d help them see the value of God in their story. Now, before the questions are asked, is your time to be preparing for the proper answer you can give to them. Will you ever be fully prepared? Of course not, but we can at least do what we can so we don’t have to fear conversations like this. What then can you do today to ready yourself more? I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 1473
- They spend their days in prosperity, and in peace they go down to Sheol. Job 21:13 – Job is now speaking about the contradiction in life that he has seen…that the wicked prosper. What would make sense is those who live holy prosper in life and the wicked see lack instead, but Job speaks about how that is often flipped around. The wicked prosper all their days. Their houses are safe, their families grow, and their days are filled with prosperity. And many die in peace, not having to suffer like Job who was instead living righteously. How does any of that make sense? It only makes sense when we see life from an eternal perspective rather than simply a worldly perspective. While a person, who is living in rejection of God all their earthly life, may still find prosperity all their life and die in peace, sadly what awaits them in the afterlife is worse than any suffering Job tasted. So yes, followers of God may suffer in this life and those who don’t follow God may prosper in all their days on earth. Our lives though aren’t just what happens here, but also what happens in eternity. The momentary pains of this world are nothing in comparison to the future glory that is heaven for believers in Christ. Jesus followers have not gotten the bad deal here in life. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 2646
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