ListenDaily - 02 July 2009: Applying the oldest...
I asked the following question the other day:
"How has God blessed you lately?" And got the greatest response: When you are 71 years old, in the swimming pool with your 4 year old grandson, fightling the Ninja Turtle, and he hollers "Come save me, Princess"., you know God has blessed you. With much love, Evelyn
I also asked: "Is there a passage, an idea, or a question that you would like to investigate here in the ListenDaily?" To which my good friend Steve replied:
Jim, I wouldn't mind seeing an exploration of Job. I see a lot of philosophical uses for Job in today's world. I am sure that many people feel that what they are doing is right in spite of what we see in our everyday world. Let's face it, it can be tough to be a Christian in today's world. Steve K.
What a great idea! Now, Job is 42 chapters long, and so we won't be doing an in-depth word study. Instead, we will look at the major themes and, as Steve requested, how the lessons from Job can be applied to our lives in 2009. For example, if we all lived as Job is described in the very first verse, wouldn't our lives be so improved?
In the land of Uz there lived a man whose name was Job.
This man was blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil.
Job 1:1 NIV (find any passage at www.Biblegateway.org)
Indeed this is a good example for all of us, we should, indeed, be blameless, upright, fear God, and shun evil, but as we will learn from Job, this does not guarantee an easy life, ol' Job had it pretty rough for a while.
A little introduction:
Job is generally considered to be the first book of the Bible ever written.
It is believed, though undated, to have taken place in what would be the middle (give or take a chapter) of Genesis.
The author is unknown; Job, Moses, and Solomon have all been proposed.
It took place in Uz, northeast of Palestine.
In the layout of the Bible, it is considered the first of the Old Testament 'Books of Poetry', to include Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon.
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Questions:
1. Have you ever read the Book of Job? 2. Do you have any notions about it? 3. Will you ask God to teach you through it, and pray that I will say what He wants me to say?
INTERESTING THOUGHTS:
"The Bible is either absolute, or it's obsolete."
Leonard Ravenhill
The Word of God confronts us as our adversary
before he makes himself our Lord and Master.
Donald Bloesch
"The Holy Scriptures are our letters from home."
Augustine
"A man may lose the good things of this life against his will;
but if he loses the eternal blessings, he does so with his own consent."
Augustine
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