No arbiter between us

For he is not a man, as I am, that I might answer him,         that we should come to trial together.     There is no arbiter between us,         who might lay his hand on us both.     Let him take his rod away from me,         and let not dread … More No arbiter between us

November 10 Job 9:21-35

November 10  Job 9:21-35 (ESV) 21 I am blameless; I regard not myself; I loathe my life. 22 It is all one; therefore I say, He destroys both the blameless and the wicked. 23 When disaster brings sudden death, he mocks at the calamity [1] of the innocent. 24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; he … More November 10 Job 9:21-35

November 9 Job 9:1-20

November 9  Job 9:1-20 (ESV) Job Replies: There Is No Arbiter 9:1 Then Job answered and said: 2 “Truly I know that it is so: But how can a man be in the right before God? 3 If one wished to contend with him, one could not answer him once in a thousand times. 4 He is wise in … More November 9 Job 9:1-20

November 8 Job 8

November 8  Job 8 (ESV) Bildad Speaks: Job Should Repent 8:1 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said: 2 “How long will you say these things, and the words of your mouth be a great wind? 3 Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert the right? 4 If your children have sinned against him, he has delivered … More November 8 Job 8

Holding on to Hope

In our Bible reading for today, Job 7, Job laments: My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle and comes to their end without hope. (Job 7:6) After losing two children to a rare disease, Nancy Guthrie has become an unofficial spokesperson for finding God’s hope in the midst of suffering.  She said, I’ve experienced … More Holding on to Hope

November 7 Job 7

November 7  Job 7 (ESV) Job Continues: My Life Has No Hope 7:1 “Has not man a hard service on earth, and are not his days like the days of a hired hand? 2 Like a slave who longs for the shadow, and like a hired hand who looks for his wages, 3 so I am allotted months of … More November 7 Job 7

“A despairing man should have the devotion of his friends”

Dr. Kim Riddlebarger comments on Job 6, in our reading plan today. Job cannot take anymore. And so in 6:1-7:2, he responds to his friend. Eliphaz’s words do not bring Job comfort. Instead, they bring forth an emotional outbrust and protest from Job against the insinuation that there is some hidden sin in his life … More “A despairing man should have the devotion of his friends”

November 6 Job 6

November 6  Job 6 (ESV) Job Replies: My Complaint Is Just 6:1 Then Job answered and said: 2 “Oh that my vexation were weighed, and all my calamity laid in the balances! 3 For then it would be heavier than the sand of the sea; therefore my words have been rash. 4 For the arrows of the Almighty are … More November 6 Job 6