DAY 20 Read Job 11 through 16.
Today's reading follows the pompous arguments of Job's friends until the poor sufferer exclaims, "Miserable comforters are ye all!"
Memory gem: "Man that is born of woman is of few days, and full of trouble" (Job 14:1).
Thought for today:
Why does trouble come to Christians? The apostle Peter was put to death for his faith, and it is maintained by some that all of the apostles except John died a martyr's death, and he was exiled to the Isle of Patmos. The disciples of Jesus were persecuted by the emperors of Rome, and in every age right down to the present, many of His followers in some part of the world have suffered for their faith--and it will continue to be so.
John Bunyan spent twelve years in Bedford Jail. The Pilgrim Fathers left their homeland to find religious liberty. David Livingstone endured loneliness, wearisome journeys, tropical fever, and finally died on his knees at Ujiji. John G. Patton gave up civilized society and spent his life among cannibals. Baptist missionaries were cruelly slain in the Philippines.
Yes, Christians have trouble--all men do, whether Christians or not. Someone has said that the only way to avoid trouble is to avoid being born.
So much of the trouble in this world is unnecessary trouble, but it is no less trouble. The only way to live through it without ruin is to learn how to trust God, for "he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him" (Proverbs 30:5). Trusting in God is trusting in Jesus, for He came to make the heavenly Father known to men.
Today's reading follows the pompous arguments of Job's friends until the poor sufferer exclaims, "Miserable comforters are ye all!"
Memory gem: "Man that is born of woman is of few days, and full of trouble" (Job 14:1).
Thought for today:
Why does trouble come to Christians? The apostle Peter was put to death for his faith, and it is maintained by some that all of the apostles except John died a martyr's death, and he was exiled to the Isle of Patmos. The disciples of Jesus were persecuted by the emperors of Rome, and in every age right down to the present, many of His followers in some part of the world have suffered for their faith--and it will continue to be so.
John Bunyan spent twelve years in Bedford Jail. The Pilgrim Fathers left their homeland to find religious liberty. David Livingstone endured loneliness, wearisome journeys, tropical fever, and finally died on his knees at Ujiji. John G. Patton gave up civilized society and spent his life among cannibals. Baptist missionaries were cruelly slain in the Philippines.
Yes, Christians have trouble--all men do, whether Christians or not. Someone has said that the only way to avoid trouble is to avoid being born.
So much of the trouble in this world is unnecessary trouble, but it is no less trouble. The only way to live through it without ruin is to learn how to trust God, for "he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him" (Proverbs 30:5). Trusting in God is trusting in Jesus, for He came to make the heavenly Father known to men.
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