{"id":7089,"date":"2020-01-06T20:00:59","date_gmt":"2020-01-07T03:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/?p=7089"},"modified":"2020-01-05T19:15:11","modified_gmt":"2020-01-06T02:15:11","slug":"job5_1-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/job5_1-16\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t Jump to Conclusions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Job 5:1-16 Click here for Bible Verses<\/a><\/p>\n

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Hi GAMErs,<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s passage is Job 5:1-16.\u00a0\u00a0Let\u2019s go!<\/p>\n

Job 5:3-4 (NIV)\u00a0<\/strong>
\n3\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0I myself have seen a fool taking root,\u00a0but suddenly his house was cursed.
\n4\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0His children are far from safety,\u00a0crushed in court without a defender.<\/em><\/p>\n

On verses 1-7:\u00a0\u00a0In chapter 4 Eliphaz broke the silence by calling Job a weak hypocrite, a sinner who deserved the trouble he got (verses 7-11), and a prideful person that God has crushed (v12-21).\u00a0\u00a0Now here in chapter 5 Eliphaz calls Job a fool.\u00a0\u00a0Eliphaz suggests that Job is like a fool who prospered for a short while, but because of resentment and envy (v2), Job ended up suddenly being \u201ccursed\u201d (v3), his children endangered (v4), his reputation \u201ccrushed\u201d (v4) and his wealth consumed by others (v5).\u00a0\u00a0Eliphaz is saying that this kind of trouble doesn\u2019t just happen or come from nowhere (v6).\u00a0\u00a0Rather, just as sparks fly upward, human beings are inevitably destined to experience trouble because of their sin (\u201cman is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward\u201d (v7).
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\nJob 5:8 (NIV)\u00a0<\/strong>
\n8\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0“But if it were I, I would appeal to God; I would lay my cause before him.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

On verses 8-16:\u00a0\u00a0Eliphaz counsels Job to \u201cappeal to God\u201d (v8). The Hebrew word for \u201cappeal\u201d is the term for where a person is looking to a higher authority to guide them on an issue and to show them where they went wrong.\u00a0\u00a0It\u2019s as if Eliphaz is saying, \u201cJob, if you doubt that what I\u2019m saying is true, if you doubt that God is disciplining you for being a hypocrite, a sinner and a fool, then go to God yourself and ask Him to guide your thoughts on this, since God is far greater than we are (v9-10), He protects the weak (v11), He thwarts the crafty (v12-14), He saves the needy (v15), and upholds justice (v16).\u201d<\/p>\n

Eliphaz has already made up his mind that Job\u2019s sin is the reason why Job is experiencing all this trouble.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Eliphaz should have taken his own advice in verses 8-16 and sought God\u2019s guidance before jumping to the conclusion that Job is suffering because of Job\u2019s sin.\u00a0\u00a0As Proverbs\u00a018:13\u00a0says, \u201cWhat a shame \u2013 yes, how stupid \u2013 to decide before knowing the facts!\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

What can we learn from all this?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Don\u2019t be quick to jump to conclusions.\u00a0\u00a0Make sure you have your facts straight and seek God\u2019s perspective before you make a judgment about a situation or a person.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Heavenly Father, I pray that I would not be foolish and jump to conclusions, especially about other people, but that I would be wise and self-controlled, examining all the facts available to me, understanding my own limitations and seeking Your guidance before reaching a conclusion.\u00a0\u00a0In Jesus\u2019 name, AMEN!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hi GAMErs,<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s passage is Job 5:1-16.\u00a0\u00a0Let\u2019s go!<\/p>\n

Job 5:3-4 (NIV)\u00a0
\n3\u00a0\u00a0I myself have seen a fool taking root,\u00a0but suddenly his house was cursed.
\n4\u00a0\u00a0His children are far from safety,\u00a0crushed in court without a defender.<\/p>\n

On verses 1-7:\u00a0\u00a0In chapter 4 Eliphaz broke the silence by calling Job a weak hypocrite, a sinner who deserved the trouble he got (verses 7-11), and a prideful person that God has crushed (v12-21).\u00a0\u00a0Now here in chapter 5 Eliphaz calls Job a fool.\u00a0\u00a0Eliphaz suggests that Job is like a fool who prospered for a short while, but because of resentment and envy (v2), Job ended up suddenly being \u201ccursed\u201d (v3), his children endangered (v4), his reputation \u201ccrushed\u201d (v4) and his wealth consumed by others (v5).\u00a0\u00a0Eliphaz is saying that this kind of trouble doesn\u2019t just happen or come from nowhere (v6).\u00a0\u00a0Rather, just as sparks fly upward, human beings are inevitably destined to experience trouble because of their sin (\u201cman is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward\u201d (v7).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7090,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gametime-sharing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7089"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7089\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7092,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7089\/revisions\/7092"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}