- Such are the paths of all who forget God; the hope of the godless shall perish. His confidence is severed, and his trust is a spider’s web. He leans against his house, but it does not stand; he lays hold of it, but it does not endure. Job 8:13-15 – Imagine someone with a broken ankle who needs crutches to move around. Yet they get up and begin heading to the kitchen forgetting their crutches. Putting weight then on the broken ankle only leads to them falling over because it could hold them up. The thing they needed that would be able to hold them up they forgot. Such is it when we move forward yet forget to invite God along with us and seek out His direction. We’ll find ourselves leaning on things that can’t hold our weight, crashing then to the ground. Let us not then forget God. When we move, when we speak, when we serve, when we rest, never forget to acknowledge God is with you and lean on Him for support. How have you moved today yet forgot to acknowledge God’s presence with you? I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 1460
- If you will seek God and plead with the Almighty for mercy, if you are pure and upright, surely then he will rouse himself for you and restore your rightful habitation. And though your beginning was small, your latter days will be very great. Job 8:5-7 – In this passage is some bad theology that we will see throughout the discourse of Job and his friends. This idea that if you are good and faithful to God, no harm or problems will come your way. You will be blessed, prosperous, and restored of all your possessions if you only follow God. While certainly those who follow God are blessed and God is able to restore, the end result of a faithful walk isn’t always worldly blessings and safety. Bildad the speaker tells Job to examine the ages past and see how God moved for the faithful then. When doing just that we do see many stories where the faithful were richly blessed, but we also see stories like Cain and Able where Able, though faithful, still was murdered by his brother. Know God is able today to bless and is able to restore, but our faithful pursuit of God isn’t always going to result in wealth and ease. Our promise from the Lord isn’t riches and glory on this earth, but a full life with Him today and forevermore. The blessing we can bank on from the Lord when we faithfully follow Him is Him, and having God in our story is more valuable than anything this world can offer. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 2633
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