DAY 21 Read Job 17 through 21.
Today's reading finds Job still in the depth of despair because of his afflictions, but even in this extremity he does not lose his hope in eventual redemption.
Memory gem: "I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth" (Job 19:25).
Thought for today:
"The Man Who Looked Like a Shadow." This may seem like a strange description, but we find the text for it in Job 17:7: "Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow."
Sometimes, when we see a person who has been very sick and has become exceedingly emaciated, we say, "He looks like a shadow--the wind might blow him away." So here we find this great man of God saying that all his members had become as a shadow. Physically he was a shadow of his former self. He had gone through so much trouble, so much worry, and so much suffering that he just seemed like a shadow.
But no matter what the world outlook is, the up-look is always good. If trouble leads us to trust in Jesus, it has been a blessing in disguise. Trust in trouble is the greatest lesson we can learn in life. We learn that "God is...a very present help in trouble" (Psalm 46:10), and with David we can say, "What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee" (Psalm 56:3).
Note: Verse 26 of Job 19 poses several problems for translators. The KJV inserts three words: "though," "worms," and "body" in an attempt to make it readable. A more literal rendering of the Hebrew would be "And after my skin hath been destroyed, this shall be, even from my flesh shall I see God" (RV margin). The word rendered "in" (KJV) or "from" (RV) also has a variety of meanings. In any case the verse indicates a belief in a bodily resurrection.
Today's reading finds Job still in the depth of despair because of his afflictions, but even in this extremity he does not lose his hope in eventual redemption.
Memory gem: "I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth" (Job 19:25).
Thought for today:
"The Man Who Looked Like a Shadow." This may seem like a strange description, but we find the text for it in Job 17:7: "Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow."
Sometimes, when we see a person who has been very sick and has become exceedingly emaciated, we say, "He looks like a shadow--the wind might blow him away." So here we find this great man of God saying that all his members had become as a shadow. Physically he was a shadow of his former self. He had gone through so much trouble, so much worry, and so much suffering that he just seemed like a shadow.
But no matter what the world outlook is, the up-look is always good. If trouble leads us to trust in Jesus, it has been a blessing in disguise. Trust in trouble is the greatest lesson we can learn in life. We learn that "God is...a very present help in trouble" (Psalm 46:10), and with David we can say, "What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee" (Psalm 56:3).
Note: Verse 26 of Job 19 poses several problems for translators. The KJV inserts three words: "though," "worms," and "body" in an attempt to make it readable. A more literal rendering of the Hebrew would be "And after my skin hath been destroyed, this shall be, even from my flesh shall I see God" (RV margin). The word rendered "in" (KJV) or "from" (RV) also has a variety of meanings. In any case the verse indicates a belief in a bodily resurrection.
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