Theme: Enter God’s Rest: Time for “R & R”
Release and Renewal/Restoration
WEDNESDAY’S WORD
January 8, 2014
Job: Release from shame (Part 1 of 4)
~The righteous face trouble~
Psalm 25:15 NIV ~ My eyes are ever on the Lord,
for only he will release my feet from the snare.
Job 1:6-22 - One day the angels[a] came to present themselves
before the Lord, and Satan[b] also came with them. 7 The Lord said
to Satan, “Where have you come from?” Satan answered the Lord, “From
roaming throughout the earth, going back and forth on it.”8 Then the Lord said
to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth
like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil.”
9 “Does Job fear
God for nothing?” Satan replied. 10 “Have you not put a hedge around him and his
household and everything he has? You have blessed the work of his hands,
so that his flocks and herds are spread throughout the land. 11 But now stretch out your
hand and strike everything he has, and he will surely curse you to your
face.” 12 The Lord said
to Satan, “Very well, then, everything he has is in your power, but on the
man himself do not lay a finger.”Then Satan went out from the presence of
the Lord.13 One
day when Job’s sons and daughters were feasting and drinking wine at
the oldest brother’s house, 14 a
messenger came to Job and said, “The oxen were plowing and the donkeys were
grazing nearby, 15 and
the Sabeans attacked and made off with them. They put the servants to the
sword, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!”16 While he was still
speaking, another messenger came and said, “The fire of God fell from the
heavens and burned up the sheep and the servants, and I am the only
one who has escaped to tell you!”17 While
he was still speaking, another messenger came and said, “The
Chaldeans formed three raiding parties and swept down on your camels and
made off with them. They put the servants to the sword, and I am the only one
who has escaped to tell you!” 18 While
he was still speaking, yet another messenger came and said, “Your sons and
daughters were feasting and drinking wine at the oldest brother’s
house, 19 when
suddenly a mighty wind swept in from the desert and struck the four
corners of the house. It collapsed on them and they are dead, and I am the
only one who has escaped to tell you!”20 At this, Job got up and tore his robe and
shaved his head. Then he fell to the ground in worship 21 and said:“Naked I came
from my mother’s womb, and naked I will depart.[c] The Lord gave and
the Lord has taken away; may the name of
the Lord be praised.”22 In
all this, Job did not sin by charging God with wrongdoing.
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