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Job 42:1-17 Click here for Bible Verses<\/a><\/p>\n

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Hi GAMErs,<\/p>\n

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Now onto today\u2019s passage. Today\u2019s passage is Job 42:1-17.\u00a0 Let\u2019s go!<\/p>\n

Job 42:1-2 (NIV)\u00a0<\/strong>
\n1\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Then Job replied to the\u00a0LORD:
\n2\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0“I know that you can do all things; no plan of yours can be thwarted.<\/em><\/p>\n

On verses 1-6:\u00a0 Job has now abandoned his previous push to challenge God on His justice (v2).\u00a0 He now admits to speaking of things that he had no ability to understand (v3).\u00a0 Job had heard about God all his life, but now, having heard God speak personally, he experiences God\u2019s presence in a powerful and unprecedented way.\u00a0 In response to encountering God, all Job can do is see how small and unholy he is.\u00a0 Job repents of his pride before God (v4-6).<\/p>\n

What can we learn from this?<\/p>\n

1.We were made not just to hear about God but to experience Him personally.<\/p>\n

2.When we experience God personally, it is a life altering transition point of our existence.\u00a0 It changes the way we view God and the way we live our lives.\u00a0 It leads us to repentance and humility, instead of boasting and insecurity.
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\nJob 42:7-9 (NIV)\u00a0<\/strong>
\n7\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0After the\u00a0LORD\u00a0had said these things to Job, he said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “I am angry with you and your two friends, because you have not spoken of me what is right, as my servant Job has.
\n8\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0So now take seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. My servant Job will pray for you, and I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly. You have not spoken of me what is right, as my servant Job has.”
\n9\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite did what the\u00a0LORD\u00a0told them; and the\u00a0LORD\u00a0accepted Job’s prayer.<\/em><\/p>\n

On verses 7-9:\u00a0 The Lord confronts Eliphaz, Bildad and Zophar for speaking to Job about God in ways that were not true.\u00a0 The Lord tells them to sacrifice seven bulls and seven rams in Job\u2019s presence and to receive prayer from Job.\u00a0 Eliphaz, Bildad and Zophar obey the Lord.\u00a0 Job prays for them and God has mercy on them.<\/p>\n

What can we learn from this?<\/p>\n

1. God watches carefully how we speak about Him.\u00a0 He holds us accountable for the careless words we say.<\/p>\n

2. Though God watches us carefully, His goal is not to condemn us when we sin, but to lead us to restoration and forgiveness.\u00a0 That\u2019s why God tells Eliphaz, Bildad and Zophar to go to Job, sacrifice offerings and ask Job to pray for them.\u00a0 For having seen the way Eliphaz, Bildad and Zophar sinned against Job, God is now giving them a way by which they can be fully restored, both vertically in their relationship with God as well as horizontally in their friendship with Job.<\/p>\n

It reminds me of 2 Samuel 14:14 which says, \u201cLike water spilled on the ground, which cannot be recovered, so we must die. But God does not take away life; instead, he devises ways so that a banished person may not remain estranged from him.\u201d<\/p>\n

God does the same with us.\u00a0 Having seen the way we sinned, God sent Jesus Christ for us, so that by His sacrifice and through His prayer (\u201cFather, forgive them for they do not know what they do\u201d), we can be forgiven.<\/p>\n

3. Just as God told Eliphaz, Bildad and Zophar to go to Job and be restored to Job after they had sinned against him, if you have sinned against another person \u2013 perhaps you spoke ill of that person, misjudged that person, accused that person unfairly or took that person for granted \u2013 don\u2019t just ask God for forgiveness.\u00a0 Go to the person you sinned against and ask for forgiveness as well.<\/p>\n

4. God was not happy with Job\u2019s pride.\u00a0 In fact, God rebuked Job sternly for this from chapters 38 to 41.\u00a0 Yet notice that when God speaks about Job in front of other people, God keeps calling Job, \u201cMy servant\u201d (v7-8).\u00a0 \u00a0Four times God does that.\u00a0 What can we learn from this?\u00a0\u00a0 God prefers to praise us publicly in the presence of others and criticize us privately face to face.\u00a0 For healthier relationships, try to do the same.<\/p>\n

Job 42:10-17 (NIV)\u00a0<\/strong>
\n10\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0After Job had prayed for his friends, the\u00a0LORD\u00a0made him prosperous again and gave him twice as much as he had before.
\n11\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0All his brothers and sisters and everyone who had known him before came and ate with him in his house. They comforted and consoled him over all the trouble the\u00a0LORD\u00a0had brought upon him, and each one gave him a piece of silver and a gold ring.
\n12\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0The\u00a0LORD\u00a0blessed the latter part of Job’s life more than the first. He had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand yoke of oxen and a thousand donkeys.
\n13\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0And he also had seven sons and three daughters.
\n14\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0The first daughter he named Jemimah, the second Keziah and the third Keren-Happuch.
\n15\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Nowhere in all the land were there found women as beautiful as Job’s daughters, and their father granted them an inheritance along with their brothers.
\n16\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0After this, Job lived a hundred and forty years; he saw his children and their children to the fourth generation.
\n17\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0And so he died, old and full of years.<\/em><\/p>\n

On verses 10-17:\u00a0 After Job prays for Eliphaz, Bildad and Zophar, the Lord restores Job in every way, making him \u201cprosperous again, giving him twice as much as he had before\u201d (v10).\u00a0 His flocks now are multiple times more plentiful than they were prior to Job\u2019s suffering (v12).\u00a0 Job is restored socially, having been reunited and reconciled with his brothers and sisters.\u00a0 Presumably Job is physically restored too, since Job and his wife would even welcome 10 new children including three beautiful daughters.\u00a0 These three daughters, named Jemimah (meaning dove), Keziah (meaning cinnamon perfume) and Keren-Happuch (meaning something like eye mascara) would also share in Job\u2019s inheritance (v14-15).\u00a0 Job\u2019s life ends full and extremely blessed.
\nWhat can we learn from this?<\/p>\n

1.God is a restorer.\u00a0 Because God cares for us, He wants to restore us on every level \u2013 spiritually, physically, emotionally, socially, and financially.\u00a0 Praise God!\u00a0 When we get to heaven, we will experience the fullness of God\u2019s restoring power.<\/p>\n

2.Notice the timing of Job\u2019s restoration and breakthrough: it happened after Job prayed for his accusers.\u00a0 Similarly, if you want to be blessed and experience a breakthrough, like Jesus and Job, pray for those who persecute you.<\/p>\n

3.Job felt he had received amazing grace from God, so he gives amazing grace away by including his daughters in his will.\u00a0\u00a0 This decision was highly unusual in Job\u2019s time and not legally required.\u00a0 The lesson we learn is that when we start to understand the depth of mercy and grace God has shown us, it causes us to show great mercy and grace to others as well.<\/p>\n

4.If Job had given up in chapter 41, he would have missed all the blessings that God had in store for him.\u00a0 So if you are going through a great trial, don\u2019t give up.\u00a0 Persevere till the end.\u00a0 Blessing beyond all you could ask for or imagine is waiting for you.\u00a0 The best is yet to come.\u00a0 As James 5:11 says, \u201cAs you know, we consider blessed those who have persevered. You have heard of Job’s perseverance and have seen what the Lord finally brought about. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy.\u201d<\/p>\n

This brings our look at the book of Job to a close.\u00a0 What a full and powerful book it is.\u00a0 What were the most important lessons you learned in the book of Job?\u00a0 I encourage you to review them and thank God for teaching you through His Word.<\/p>\n

Heavenly Father, thank You for all the lessons we can learn from Your powerful Word.\u00a0 Thank You that You are our restorer, one who seeks not to condemn us for our sin but to save us from our sin.\u00a0 Thank You for every lesson we could learn from the book of Job.\u00a0 May we extend mercy and grace to those who hurt us since You\u2019ve extended amazing mercy and grace toward us.\u00a0 And may we persevere through trial, knowing that even greater blessing awaits us.\u00a0 Thank You that with You we can always say the best is yet to come.\u00a0 In Jesus\u2019 name, AMEN!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Hi GAMErs,<\/p>\n

Now onto today\u2019s passage. Today\u2019s passage is Job 42:1-17.\u00a0 Let\u2019s go!
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\nJob 42:1-2 (NIV)\u00a0
\n1\u00a0\u00a0Then Job replied to the\u00a0LORD:\u00a0
\n2\u00a0\u00a0“I know that you can do all things; no plan of yours can be thwarted.<\/p>\n

On verses 1-6:\u00a0 Job has now abandoned his previous push to challenge God on His justice (v2).\u00a0 He now admits to speaking of things that he had no ability to understand (v3).\u00a0 Job had heard about God all his life, but now, having heard God speak personally, he experiences God\u2019s presence in a powerful and unprecedented way.\u00a0 In response to encountering God, all Job can do is see how small and unholy he is.\u00a0 Job repents of his pride before God (v4-6).<\/p>\n

What can we learn from this?\u00a0<\/p>\n

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