I once wrote a story in which a farmer and a cowboy sit atop their horses on a butte overlooking the vast Montana landscape. The cowboy is almost certain he’s lost his mind to even consider what he’s about to do. The farmer assures him that if God is leading him into the venture, then …
OT 3:3 Job’s Reasoning (Part 2)
Week 3 – Lessons from Job Cont’d Day 3 – Job’s Reasoning (Part 2 – Avoiding Self-righteousness): Job 42:5,6 “I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee. Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.” Yesterday, we looked at Job’s first reason for his …
OT 3:2 Job’s Reasoning – Part 1
Week 3 – Lessons from Job Cont’d Day 2: Job’s Reasoning (part 1 – What Do We Believe About God?): Job 31:23 “For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.” The reason for Job’s commitment to meeting the needs of the fatherless is two-fold. …
OT 3:1 – After "If" Comes "Then"
Week 3 – Lessons from Job Cont’d Day 1: After “If” comes “Then” We finished up last week looking at a list of “Ifs”: things that Job had either done or not done toward the fatherless (See Job 31: 16-21). Today we see the “then” that follows. His level of dedication regarding his responsibility toward …
OT 2:5 Where the Rubber Meets the Road
Week 2 – Lessons From Job Day 5: Making It Personal: Job 31:16-23 Today’s post is where the rubber meets the road. Job goes on speaking to his friends. In chapter thirty-one, he expounds on his relationship to the fatherless and the seriousness with which he regards it: “If I have withheld the poor from …
OT 2:2 Finger-pointing
Week 2 – Lessons From Job Day 2 – The Accusations of Eliphaz: Job 22:5-10 The conversation between Job and his friends, which we began covering in our last blog, continues on and on and on. Finally, in Job chapter twenty-two, Eliphaz makes a direct accusation against Job regarding some of the reasons he believes …
OT 2:1 Lessons From Mr. Job
Week 2 – Lessons From Job Day 1 – Introduction to the Fatherless in Job: Job 6:27 This week’s posts will be a little different than last week’s. The verses we covered last week, all fit together, but could also stand pretty well on their own. This week, as we look at the book of …
