Today’s Word
Making a Point
Are the consolations of God too little for you, or the word spoken gently to you? Job 15:11 NASB Too little for you – Eliphaz makes a good point. Perhaps in our desire to reach Job’s pinnacle conclusion and find some justification for his suffering, we are too quick to pass over the objections raised by his friends. If…
What’s Left Behind
Water wears away stones, its torrents wash away the dust of the earth; so You destroy a man’s hope. You forever overpower him and he departs; You change his appearance and send him away. Job 14:19-20 NASB Wears away – Yes, it’s true that wind and water erode and wash away. But what’s left behind is often strikingly…
The Real World
If I speak, my pain is not lessened, and if I refrain, what pain leaves me? Job 16:6 NASB Not lessened – There was a time not too long ago when I knew exactly what Job was talking about (in fact, it was quite a while ago, but it seems like yesterday). Something was wrong with my left…
Internal Beauty
Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither labor nor [a]spin; but I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these. Luke 12:27 NASB It’s quite amazing that God made such exquisite things just for beauty’s sake Topical Index: consider, orchid, photo, Luke 12:27
Back to Basics
Let him not trust in emptiness, deceiving himself; for his reward will be emptiness. Job 15:31 NASB Deceiving – How can you trust in something that doesn’t exist? That would be real foolishness. Fortunately, Eliphaz isn’t“foolish” enough to insist that some people believe in nothingness. No, the word he uses also means “vanity” or “useless.” His…
Going Somewhere?
Woe to them, for they have strayed from Me! Destruction is theirs, for they have rebelled against Me! I would redeem them, but they have spoken lies against Me. Hosea 7:13 NASB Strayed – Tossing and turning. Sleeplessness. And when you eventually drift off, then you find yourself in the midst of a trauma—a scary nightmare. If…
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