| Good morning everyone, Our theme for this month: “Lifelong learning” Our Bible verse for today: “He said to mankind, “The fear of the Lord – that is wisdom. And to turn from evil is understanding.” Job 28:28 (CSB) Our thought for today: “Will you worship Him in the middle of it all?” The other morning, in my personal Bible study time, as I was reading through the book of Job, I came across something interesting that I hadn’t noticed before in all the other times I have read this story. The book of Job is forty-two chapters that record an extended period of terrible suffering for the man Job – all with little understanding on Job’s part regarding why these bad things were happening to him. But in the middle of that mess, in chapter twenty-eight, Job pauses to recite what has come to be known by Bible scholars as “Job’s hymn to wisdom.” It’s a hymn (presumably sung), about Biblical wisdom. Most of the lines in it declare that only God is all-wise and that God’s wisdom is perfect. A hymn. About the perfect wisdom of God. Sung in the middle of suffering. A hymn is a form of worship and so that means that in the middle of all his suffering, Job pauses to worship God and to sing about the wonder and the rightness of God and His ways. Could you do that? Could I? In Job chapter one, as his story begins, we discover that Job was a man of complete integrity who feared God and who turned away from evil. In verse 8 of that chapter God Himself bragged about Job’s faith and integrity to Satan. We’re reading evidence of this now in chapter twenty-eight. Job had spent a lifetime learning about God and coming to truly know Him. Therefore, he had strong faith in place to carry him through the worst of times imaginable. So much so, that in the middle of his great suffering he was still able to pause and sing a hymn declaring God to be all-wise and His ways to be right. Today is Saturday. Tomorrow is Sunday when the people of God will gather for worship. All of us will bring with us things going on in our lives that we wish were not there. We will all be struggling in some way – some of us in major ways. Do you know God well enough to sing praises to Him in the middle of your struggles? Can you still declare that He is all-wise and that His ways are right and perfect? Have you learned from past experiences that God is good and His ways are right even if your current circumstances are hard and you’re confused about what’s happening and why? Do you know Him well enough to worship Him in the middle of it all? God bless, Pastor Jim (If you like what you’re reading in these daily devotionals, and if you would like more content from Oak Hill Baptist Church, join us on Sundays at 10:00 – in-person if you are nearby or, if you are geographically distant or if you just can’t make it, online at www.YouTube.com/@oakhillbaptistcrossville) |
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