- He goes to bed rich, but will do so no more; he opens his eyes, and his wealth is gone. Job 27:19 – One night can change everything. Here Job is speaking about the wicked and how hopeless their future is. While they may thrive one day, all it takes is one moment and all the wealth and things they took pleasure in can be gone. What also can be stripped away in a moment is the life inside us. This pushes us to talk again on how important it is you have your life built on something that a moment or night can’t take away. Be sure you are building on your walk with God today; He is the only thing that can’t be stripped away from us. Health, wealth, people, and sinful pleasures can be taken away in a moment leaving us crumbling to the ground if that was what we were leaning on. Place your hope in something better than all that. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 1479
- As God lives, who has taken away my right, and the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter, as long as my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils, my lips will not speak falsehood, and my tongue will not utter deceit. Job 27:2-4 – Job established his awareness that this season of his life, and all the pains, have been allowed to come his way by the Lord. Despite that acknowledgment though, Job wasn’t swaying from his efforts to live faithfully for the Lord. He will continue to speak truth and have no deceit leave his lips. For while God was the one powerful enough to bring such devastation, He also would be the one powerful enough to bring restoration. As we grow in our walk with the Lord, one aspect that will develop is our understanding of God sovereignty. We will grow in our understanding of how God truly is over all things and in all things. If then God has allowed such a heavy season to come our way, knowing He had the authority and power to keep it from coming our way, then God must have His purpose. We will trust His wisdom and trust that if He was powerful enough to allow this to come our way, He’ll be powerful enough to heal and save too. Keep in mind through every season of hard that God’s desire is communion with us and our obedience to His word. Trust He knows what He is doing even if your situation doesn’t make sense. Keep your eyes upon Jesus and seek out His word to discover Him in the hard. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 2652
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