Category Archives: Job

Questions

Posted on December 16, 2016 by Pete

Re-worked / re-posting some thoughts from 2008 on one of my favorite verses in Scripture . . . ————————- So, I read Job 37 this morning, the last words of counsel from Elihu. And as I finished up I thought … Continue reading →

Posted in Job | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Stop

Posted on December 15, 2016 by Pete

It might be the best advice given yet. After thirty-five chapters of listening to their unproductive debate, the young upstart, having held his tongue as long as he could, may have been the most in tune with Job’s greatest need. … Continue reading →

Posted in Job | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

A God of Nuance

Posted on December 13, 2016 by Pete

I don’t know if this is going to come out right or not, but as I read Job 35 this morning the wonder I’m experiencing is that our God is a God of nuance. Nuance. I think that’s a good … Continue reading →

Posted in Job | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

On Earth as in Heaven

Posted on November 29, 2016 by Pete

Bildad done good . . . though he didn’t even realize it. Asking the right questions is a big part of getting to the right answers. And Bildad asks a good one, in fact, he asks two real good ones. … Continue reading →

Posted in Job | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Worn Out Yet Worshiping

Posted on November 11, 2016 by Pete

What a contrast between two of my readings this morning. Job is overwhelmed by his many sores, his mental anguish, and his miserable comforters, and so says, “Surely now God has worn me out” (Job 16:7a). Mary, on the other … Continue reading →

Posted in Job, John | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

An Arbiter

Posted on November 2, 2016 by Pete

Somebody’s not playing fair! So reasons Job, it would seem. Though Job never heard the exact words the Almighty spoke repeatedly to Satan, Job knew his own determination to be marked as a man who was blameless, upright, feared God, … Continue reading →

Posted in Job | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

The Hedge

Posted on October 27, 2016 by Pete

Job wants out. “I give,” he cries. Life, or what’s left of it, is just too hard. Everything he worked for, his herds and flocks, were gone. Everything he sacrificed for, his children, gone too. Everything he drew on to … Continue reading →

Posted in Job | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

The Fifth Attribute (A rerun)

Posted on October 26, 2016 by Pete

Came across something I wrote back in 2009. Back when I was still reading the NKJV, before switching to the ESV. Well before this current season of trial and testing. Thought I’d rerun it as is . . . no … Continue reading →

Posted in Job | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

If Only He Knew

Posted on December 3, 2015 by Pete

Job’s done talking. For 29 chapters he has debated his friends and had a one-way conversation with heaven. And he’s dominated the air time. If I counted correctly, for 20 of those 29 chapters it has been Job who has … Continue reading →

Posted in Job, Uncategorized | Tagged , | Leave a comment

The Friendship of God

Posted on November 30, 2015 by Pete

O’ for the good old days! That’s all Job wanted. Not just any “old days” but the “good” old days. You know, those days when the kids flocked to him, the young people deferred to him, and the older people … Continue reading →

Posted in Job, Uncategorized | Tagged , | Leave a comment