{"id":7906,"date":"2020-02-28T20:00:05","date_gmt":"2020-02-29T03:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/?p=7906"},"modified":"2020-03-01T18:37:14","modified_gmt":"2020-03-02T01:37:14","slug":"job36_1-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/job36_1-16\/","title":{"rendered":"Cry Out to God"},"content":{"rendered":"

Job 36:1-16\u00a0 \u00a0Click here for Bible Verses<\/a><\/p>\n

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Hi GAMErs,<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s passage is full of helpful lessons. \u00a0Let\u2019s break it down into smaller pieces.<\/p>\n

Job 36:1-4 (NIV)<\/strong>
\n1\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Elihu continued:
\n2\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0“Bear with me a little longer and I will show you that there is more to be said in God’s behalf.
\n3\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0I get my knowledge from afar; I will ascribe justice to my Maker.
\n4\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Be assured that my words are not false; one perfect in knowledge is with you.<\/em><\/p>\n

On verses 1-4: \u00a0Elihu is oozing with self-confidence here, even to the point of possibly coming across as arrogant. \u00a0For example, he says to Job, \u201cone perfect in knowledge is with you\u201d (v4) \u2013 hopefully he is referring to God and not to himself! \u00a0What can we learn from this?\u00a0\u00a0Because arrogance repels, be careful to present what you think you know to others in a humble way.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Job 36:5 (NLT2)<\/strong>
\n5\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0\u201cGod is mighty, but he does not despise anyone!…<\/em><\/p>\n

On verse 5a: \u00a0God is higher than everyone and yet He does not look down on anyone. \u00a0Rather He looks at us with eyes of compassion.\u00a0 Ironically and sadly, we are so much lower than God and yet we can be so quick to judge, condemn and vilify people. \u00a0Is there anyone you are looking down on today? \u00a0Could it be that God is asking you to see that person more with eyes of compassion than eyes of judgment?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Job 36:5 (NLT2)<\/strong>
\n5\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0\u201c\u2026He is mighty in both power and understanding.<\/em><\/p>\n

On verse 5b: \u00a0God isn\u2019t just powerful, but full of understanding. \u00a0As Pastor Joseph Prince might say, Jesus is velvet and steel. \u00a0He is perfect wisdom and gentleness combined with perfect strength and power. \u00a0The more you spend time with Jesus, the more you grow in power and understanding too.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Job 36:6 (NIV)<\/strong>
\n6\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0He does not keep the wicked alive but gives the afflicted their rights.
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\nOn verse 6: \u00a0God takes a firm stand against the wicked and takes a firm stand for the afflicted. \u00a0God has the heart of a hero.<\/p>\n

Job 36:7 (NIV)<\/strong>
\n7\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0He does not take his eyes off the righteous; he enthrones them with kings and exalts them forever.<\/em><\/p>\n

On verse 7: \u00a0God never takes His eyes off you. \u00a0That\u2019s how constant God\u2019s love is for you.<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0Even the most loving mother needs to close her eyes and sleep, but God never takes His eyes off His children. \u00a0He even \u201centhrones them with kings and exalts them forever\u201d, for if you have trusted Jesus Christ as your Saviour, you are a member of God\u2019s royal family, made to reign with Jesus for eternity.<\/p>\n

Job 36:8-12 (NIV)<\/strong>
\n8\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0But if men are bound in chains, held fast by cords of affliction,
\n9\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0he tells them what they have done– that they have sinned arrogantly.
\n10\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0He makes them listen to correction and commands them to repent of their evil.
\n11\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0If they obey and serve him, they will spend the rest of their days in prosperity and their years in contentment.
\n12\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0But if they do not listen, they will perish by the sword and die without knowledge.<\/em><\/p>\n

On verses 8-12: \u00a0Here Elihu is sounding a lot like Eliphaz, Bildad and Zophar by suggesting that any affliction a person goes through is the result of sin (v8-9). \u00a0But as we learned throughout the book of Job, just because a person goes through trouble does not necessarily mean that the trouble is the result of that person\u2019s sin. \u00a0God can have other reasons for allowing a person to go through pain, such as to refine them (make them stronger), to remind them (that heaven is our final home, not earth), and to reveal His power through them.<\/p>\n

Job 36:13-14 (NIV)<\/strong>
\n13\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0“The godless in heart harbor resentment; even when he fetters them, they do not cry for help.
\n14\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0They die in their youth, among male prostitutes of the shrines.<\/em><\/p>\n

On verses 13-14: \u00a0What is the sign of godlessness, or being far from God? \u00a0The first is when I harbor resentment (v13a).\u00a0 When I hold grudges and refuse to forgive others, it shows that my own heart is far away from God\u2019s heart. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The second sign of a godless heart is when I refuse to cry out to God for help in my pain and instead look to other people and things for the help that only God can give me (v13b).<\/p>\n

Verse 14 shows the result of godlessness. \u00a0When I don\u2019t pursue God in my life, I stop truly living \u2013 \u201cthey die in their youth\u201d (v14) \u2013 and like a prostitute I sell myself short, giving myself to people and things that are worth far less than the God I was made to live for.<\/p>\n

Is there someone I am refusing to forgive? \u00a0Is there an area where I need to go to God for help instead of looking to others?<\/p>\n

Job 36:15 (NIV)<\/strong>
\n15\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0But those who suffer he delivers in their suffering; he speaks to them in their affliction.<\/em><\/p>\n

On verse 15: \u00a0God is a deliverer. \u00a0His heart is to bring hope to the hopeless, help to the helpless and rest to the distressed. \u00a0As Elihu said, God \u201cgives songs in the night\u201d (Job 35:10).\u00a0 So\u00a0if you are in distress today, remember this: \u00a0God wants to deliver you, so cry out to Him<\/strong>. \u00a0As Psalm 107:19 says, \u201cThen they cried out to the Lord in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress.\u2019<\/p>\n

Job 36:16 (NIV)<\/strong>
\n16\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0“He is wooing you from the jaws of distress to a spacious place free from restriction, to the comfort of your table laden with choice food.<\/em><\/p>\n

On verse 16: \u00a0God is wooing you to come to Him so He can save you.<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0Long before you ever reached for God, God was reaching for you. \u00a0He first did that when He sent Jesus Christ His Son for you.\u00a0 He continues to woo you today by His Spirit, alluring your heart to come to Him.<\/p>\n

Jesus, thank You that You never take Your eyes off me. \u00a0Thank You that long before I ever thought about You, You saw me, pursued me, and wooed me with Your love. \u00a0Thank You for being the lover of my soul and the deliverer of my distress. May I not be afraid to cry out to You today, knowing that with You is all the deliverance I need. \u00a0In Jesus\u2019 name, AMEN!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hi GAMErs,<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s passage is full of helpful lessons. \u00a0Let\u2019s break it down into smaller pieces.<\/p>\n

Job 36:1-4 (NIV)
\n1\u00a0\u00a0Elihu continued:
\n2\u00a0\u00a0“Bear with me a little longer and I will show you that there is more to be said in God’s behalf.
\n3\u00a0\u00a0I get my knowledge from afar; I will ascribe justice to my Maker.
\n4\u00a0\u00a0Be assured that my words are not false; one perfect in knowledge is with you.<\/p>\n

On verses 1-4: \u00a0Elihu is oozing with self-confidence here, even to the point of possibly coming across as arrogant. \u00a0For example, he says to Job, \u201cone perfect in knowledge is with you\u201d (v4) \u2013 hopefully he is referring to God and not to himself! \u00a0What can we learn from this?\u00a0\u00a0Because arrogance repels, be careful to present what you think you know to others in a humble way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7907,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7906","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\/7906","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=7906"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7906\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7909,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7906\/revisions\/7909"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}