Today's passage from the Bible In a Year Reading Plan is Job 36-37; 1 Corinthians 12
My apologies for two things...one is not getting this posted earlier. My daughter has been home sick all week and I wasn't able to get to the library until now. Also, I left my reading glasses at work so I'm squinting as I type and read so who knows what will actually get posted.
In Job today Elihu counsels Job that the Lord uses affliction not just for our punishment but also for our deliverance. Allow affliction to open your ears to learn the Lord's purposes, and to open you mouth in praises. Praise Christ most highly, who delivers you from evil by His agony and bloody sweat.
The awesome power of a storm reminds us how truly small we are. Elihu tells Job to abandon obstinacy and, with proper fear and trust, to submit to God as his Lord, thereby preparing Job for God's visit in the whirlwind. All of the days of our lives are spent in such preparation. Though we may become distracted by many things in this life, both bane and blessing, God prepares us for His visitation, when all that will matter will be our confidence in His grace through Jesus Christ.
In Corinthians, God, who is one, unified and blessed the Corinthian congregation through His Spirit and gifts. Like the congregation at Corinth, we also suffer from divisions and party spirit, which undermine God's work among us. Yet the Lord still leads us to true confession through Jesus, our Savior, and the Spirit's work among us. Paul seeks to settle and unite the Corinthian congregation by emphasizing the order God established in creation and the priority of the Gospel. The sin of arrogance plaguing the Corinthians still disrupts congregations today when roles of service are not clearly defined or valued. Yet also today, Christ unites us in Baptism and makes us His very Body. Though wounded and afflicted, His Body can never be destroyed but carries out God's loving purposes.
Tomorrow's Bible In a Year Passage passage: Job 38-40; 1 Corinthians 13
My apologies for two things...one is not getting this posted earlier. My daughter has been home sick all week and I wasn't able to get to the library until now. Also, I left my reading glasses at work so I'm squinting as I type and read so who knows what will actually get posted.
In Job today Elihu counsels Job that the Lord uses affliction not just for our punishment but also for our deliverance. Allow affliction to open your ears to learn the Lord's purposes, and to open you mouth in praises. Praise Christ most highly, who delivers you from evil by His agony and bloody sweat.
The awesome power of a storm reminds us how truly small we are. Elihu tells Job to abandon obstinacy and, with proper fear and trust, to submit to God as his Lord, thereby preparing Job for God's visit in the whirlwind. All of the days of our lives are spent in such preparation. Though we may become distracted by many things in this life, both bane and blessing, God prepares us for His visitation, when all that will matter will be our confidence in His grace through Jesus Christ.
In Corinthians, God, who is one, unified and blessed the Corinthian congregation through His Spirit and gifts. Like the congregation at Corinth, we also suffer from divisions and party spirit, which undermine God's work among us. Yet the Lord still leads us to true confession through Jesus, our Savior, and the Spirit's work among us. Paul seeks to settle and unite the Corinthian congregation by emphasizing the order God established in creation and the priority of the Gospel. The sin of arrogance plaguing the Corinthians still disrupts congregations today when roles of service are not clearly defined or valued. Yet also today, Christ unites us in Baptism and makes us His very Body. Though wounded and afflicted, His Body can never be destroyed but carries out God's loving purposes.
Tomorrow's Bible In a Year Passage passage: Job 38-40; 1 Corinthians 13
3 comments:
Excellent post, Elizabeth!
Behold, God is exalted in his power;
who is a teacher like him?
Have you ever heard the saying "The Teacher is always quiet during the test."
I am a teacher and it's true. There is no way to know exactly what a child knows about a topic or if they have mastered a skill unless I let them do it independently. Would it be an accurate spelling assessment if I spelled each word for the child? Would I know if they have mastered the names and body parts associated with the senses if I just supplied the answers? No. In order me to know with certainty that a child knows what I think they do, I need to be quiet and wait for them to show me.
In this ultimate test for Job, his teacher (God) was silent. God was allowing an accurate assessment of what Job says he knows.
Beautifully said Elizabeth, thank you.
It is so key for us to be able to lay aside selfish ambition and to work together for the sake of the kingdom and for His glory.
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