- Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power? No; he would pay attention to me. Job 23:6 – Job is speaking about if he were to appear before God and plead his case what would happen. Job knows God wouldn’t crush him. God wouldn’t use His great power to overwhelm and shut Job down. God would would listen, pay attention, and offer help. This is a characteristic of God that we too need to acknowledge. When confused, frustrated, or disappointed about how and why things in our story are going, know God is open to listening to our words. He isn’t going to shut down His child who comes to Him sincerely, even if in the sincerity is confusion and frustration. While God has the power to crush us, He uses His power to lift us close to Him so we know we’re heard by Him. So bring your cares to Him because He cares for you. On a side note though, if God is so willing to listen to us, let us be willing to listen closely to Him too. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 1475
- I have not departed from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my portion of food. Job 23:12 – Job couldn’t have responded any clearer to his friends who were accusing him of great and terrible sins. “I have not departed from the commandment of his (God’s) lips.” In fact, I have treasured the words of God more than the food in front of me. As I read this passage today, my wife and I have started together an effort to eat healthier and exercise more. I’m imagining a fresh apple fritter in front of me (my favorite dessert if you didn’t know!), and the desire I would have to eat it and how much of a treasure that dessert is to me. Let’s though go another step further, imagine someone not eating for two weeks and then given a plate of food. That meal would be a blessing upon blessings to them! Now what if they said, “I treasure God’s word to me more than this meal”? That if they’d have to give up one, they’d give up that meal to have God’s word. How is our passion towards the word of God? Do we treasure it like this? Would we set aside some other treasure to have the treasure of God’s word? How are we setting aside God’s word and giving all our time to something far less valuable? Let’s do a heart check today to see what we are allowing to be more of a treasure to us than God’s word. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 2648
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