Category Archives: dependence upon God
it’s a wonderful life
Job 42:7-17 Job’s restoration begins when God intercedes, and the first thing to be restored is his relationship with those three therapists. Job takes the upper hand and prays for them. This is more than simply a vindication of Job’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Job 42
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greater wisdom
Job 39:1-40:5 The LORD reminds Job of all those ways of the animal world – both wild and tame, that are beyond the scientific enquiry of humans. There are some things that we are not meant to understand. How God … Continue reading
Posted in dependence upon God, discernment, discipleship, Job, wisdom
Tagged Job 39, Job 40
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the wisdom mine
Job 28 Job’s therapists had claimed to be sharing great wisdom. They thought they knew his situation and what caused it. They thought they were helping him by their wisdom. But Job speaks of wisdom as illusive. He knows where … Continue reading
reversal of fortune
Job 20 Zophar argues that reversal of fortune is always God’s doing. Those who are exalted (6) he brings down to the depths. Those experiencing sweetness (12) he poisons. The full he devours (22,26). A world in which our condition … Continue reading
truth collides with truth
Job 9-10 Job affirms that Bildad is right in saying that God is just. But he is also convinced that he has a right relationship with God, so nothing he had done brought this calamity upon him. Truth collides with … Continue reading
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Tagged Job 10, Job 9
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a burdensome weight
Job 6-7 From the ESV Study Bible: “The opening line of v. 17 (What is man, that you make so much of him) echoes the thought of Ps. 8:4 (“what is man that you are mindful of him”). However, where … Continue reading
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Tagged Job 6, Job 7
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still options
2 Kings 25:22-30 Gedaliah’s assassination leads the Babylonians to release Jehoiachin from prison, and he stays in Babylon for the rest of his life. He is a thin thread of hope that one day there will be a monarchy again … Continue reading
whatever happens
2 Kings 23:31-24:17 The end of Judah came not with an explosive battle, but with a series of failures. There were attacks on all sides, and nothing that anyone could do. The great city that was Jerusalem became a collection … Continue reading
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Tagged 2 Kings 23, 2 Kings 24
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lost hope
2 Kings 12 It was a time of decline in Judah. Tribute was flowing from Judah to Syria, not the other way around. Even the temple repairs were being neglected. The priests probably felt it would be a waste of … Continue reading
we want more
2 Kings 4 Elisha’s miracles are evidence that there is a power beyond the natural. Both the poor widow and the wealthy Shunnamite woman need this power. The LORD heals, provides, and restores life. The limits of our present world … Continue reading
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