{"id":7894,"date":"2020-02-25T20:00:50","date_gmt":"2020-02-26T03:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/?p=7894"},"modified":"2020-02-23T01:13:16","modified_gmt":"2020-02-23T08:13:16","slug":"job34_1-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/job34_1-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Just…The Way You Are"},"content":{"rendered":"

Job 34:1-20\u00a0Click here for Bible Verses<\/a><\/p>\n

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Hi GAMErs,<\/p>\n

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Today\u2019s passage is Job 34:1-20.\u00a0\u00a0Let\u2019s go!<\/p>\n

From today\u2019s passage I learn a couple important lessons:<\/p>\n

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  1. Be careful what you say.<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0Over and over Elihu recalls words that Job has spoken, paraphrases them, and then challenges the validity of those words.\u00a0\u00a0Elihu did this before in Job 33:9, and he does it again here in Job 34 at verses 5, 6 and 9.What can we learn from this?\u00a0\u00a0God is not the only one who will hold us accountable for careless words we have spoken (Matthew\u00a012:36).\u00a0People will as well.<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0Especially in an age of social media, you need to be careful with what you say.\u00a0\u00a0When you\u2019re angry and in pain like Job was, be especially careful with your words.<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0As Proverbs 13:3 says,\u00a0\u201cThose who guard their lips preserve their lives, but those who speak rashly will come to ruin.\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    1. God is perfectly just no matter how we feel.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Job claimed that God had denied him justice (v5, see also Job 19:6-7 and 27:2).\u00a0\u00a0Elihu takes issue with Job talking about God as being anything but perfectly just. In verses 10 through 20, Elihu communicates the truth that justice is an unchangeable part of who God is.\u00a0\u00a0As Elihu says in\u00a0Job 34:10-12:10\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0“So listen to me, you men of understanding. Far be it from God to do evil, from the Almighty to do wrong.
      \n11\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0He repays a man for what he has done; he brings upon him what his conduct deserves.
      \n12\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0It is unthinkable that God would do wrong, that the Almighty would pervert justice.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      According to Elihu, perfect justice is part and parcel of God being the sovereign ruler of the universe (v13, 17-19) and creator of humankind (v14-15, 20).<\/p>\n

      Because justice is an inseparable part of God\u2019s character, God cannot do anything except what is just.<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0So when things don\u2019t happen the way we want or when we want, that does not disprove God\u2019s justice.\u00a0\u00a0It simply proves that we are not God.\u00a0\u00a0God, who is still sovereign over everything, has the final say.\u00a0\u00a0He will always ensure that perfect justice is done in the end.\u00a0\u00a0For that is who God is.<\/p>\n

      Heavenly Father, may I be careful with my words since I will be held accountable for them.\u00a0\u00a0And praise You for being the only One who is all powerful and perfectly just.\u00a0\u00a0In Jesus\u2019 name, AMEN!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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      Hi GAMErs,<\/p>\n

      Today\u2019s passage is Job 34:1-20.\u00a0\u00a0Let\u2019s go!\u00a0<\/p>\n

      From today\u2019s passage I learn a couple important lessons:
      \nBe careful what you say.\u00a0\u00a0Over and over Elihu recalls words that Job has spoken, paraphrases them, and then challenges the validity of those words.\u00a0\u00a0Elihu did this before in Job 33:9, and he does it again here in Job 34 at verses 5, 6 and 9.\u00a0<\/p>\n

      What can we learn from this?\u00a0\u00a0God is not the only one who will hold us accountable for careless words we have spoken (Matthew\u00a012:36).\u00a0People will as well.\u00a0\u00a0Especially in an age of social media, you need to be careful with what you say.\u00a0\u00a0When you\u2019re angry and in pain like Job was, be especially careful with your words.\u00a0\u00a0As Proverbs 13:3 says,\u00a0\u201cThose who guard their lips preserve their lives, but those who speak rashly will come to ruin.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7895,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7894","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\/7894","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=7894"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7894\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7897,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7894\/revisions\/7897"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}