Thursday, August 29th: Job 31:1-33:33, 2 Corinthians 3:1-18, Psalm 43:1-5, Proverbs 22:8-9 ~ Nathan

Today's passage from the Bible In a Year Reading Plan is Job 31:1-33:33, 2 Corinthians 3:1-18, Psalm 43:1-5, Proverbs 22:8-9 

Job 33:29-30 NIV
“God does all these things to a person — twice, even three times — [30]  to turn them back from the pit, that the light of life may shine on them.

God loves us, and will give us many opportunities to personally accept Him into our lives, and then live for Him. Those opportunities will only be there for us for a short time, it's crucial that we learn from them and change our ways to His ways, before its too late.

Tomorrow's Bible In a Year Passage:   Job 34:1-36:33, 2 Corinthians 4:1-12, Psalm 44:1-8, Proverbs 22:10-12

Tuesday, August 27th: Job 23:1-27:23, 2 Corinthians 1:12-2:11, Psalm 41:1-13, Proverbs 22:5-6 ~ Jeannine

Today's passage from the Bible In a Year Reading Plan is Job 23:1-27:23, 2 Corinthians 1:12-2:11, Psalm 41:1-13, Proverbs 22:5-6

Direct your children onto the right path, and when they are older; they will not leave it.
Proverbs 22:6

The devotional I read today talks about how we often think of this as a promise rather than a proverb. But as a proverb if we raise our children with godly effort most often it will produce godly children but there is no guarantee.

As my children get older and really start making their own decisions I have found it more and more difficult to let go and I think it's often because I'm afraid they will make a choice that will make me feel like a failure. But the truth is I can never do enough, be enough or try enough to make this proverb a promise. I have to let go and trust God with them and pray that He can work in their lives.

"We simply don't have the power to bring about our child's repentance and faith. That is a burden we were never meant to bear, a burden only our heavenly Father is able to bear.

When we recognize that this is a proverb and not a promise we can stop judging other parents whose kids seem to be straying from the path of Christ. And we can come out from underneath our own self-condemnation when our kids seem to be resisting our direction toward the right path. We can talk back to the voices inside our heads that tell us that if we had just tried harder, communicated more clearly, been more consistent, gotten our child to church more often, homeschooled, Christian schooled, public schooled, then certainly things would be different. We can rest in the sovereignty of God, casting all of our cares about the path our child is taking on the Lord, knowing he cares for us and our child.

Tomorrow's Bible In a Year Passage: Job 28:1-30:31, 2 Corinthians 2:12-17, Psalm 42:1-11, Proverbs 22:7

Thursday, August 22nd: Job 4-7, 1 Corinthians 14:18-40, Psalm 37:30-40, Proverbs 21:27 ~ Nathan

Today's passage from the Bible In a Year Reading Plan is Job 4:1-7:21, 1 Corinthians 14:18-40, Psalm 37:30-40, Proverbs 21:27 

Job 6:21 NLT
You, too, have given no help. You have seen my calamity, and you are afraid.

Job's friends offered all kinds of help, or so they thought. They looked and sounded  like they had everything figured out, and Job was in need of their advice, in order to get back to where they were in life. This is what I got from this reading.

As the story of Job unfolds, we see Job was, in fact, the one who had it all, he had God first. But back at this point of the Book of Job, Job was down and out and was being given advice from all around.

This is a reminder for me not to judge those around me who are going through a tough time.  I'm to help, not to judge.

Tomorrow's Bible In a Year Passage: Job 8:1-11:20, 1 Corinthians 15:1-28, Psalm 38:1-22, Proverbs 21:28-29

Wednesday, August 21st: Job 1:1-3:26, 1 Corinthians 14:1-17, Psalm 37:12-29, Proverbs 21:25-26 ~ Tammy

Today's passage from the Bible In a Year Reading Plan is Job 1:1-3:26, 1 Corinthians 14:1-17, Psalm 37:12-29, Proverbs 21:25-26 

Job 1:20 Job stood up and tore his robe in grief. Then he shaved his head and fell to the ground to worship. 21 He said,
“I came naked from my mother’s womb,
and I will be naked when I leave.
The Lord gave me what I had,
and the Lord has taken it away.
Praise the name of the Lord!”
22 In all of this, Job did not sin by blaming God.

Job 2:9 His wife said to him, “Are you still trying to maintain your integrity? Curse God and die.”
10 But Job replied, “You talk like a foolish woman. Should we accept only good things from the hand of God and never anything bad?” So in all this, Job said nothing wrong.
No matter how many times we tell ourselves that following God doesn't mean things will always go our way, somehow we still do think that to a certain degree. 

Like when you hear of a young missionary pilot with a wife, three kids and one on the way who is killed in a plane crash only 3 weeks after beginning their missionary journey.

Or when you hear of a young senior pastor with a wife, four children, and a thriving ministry among the low German community in Mexico who is killed in a plane crash.

Or when a missionary family your church supports comes home and their children suffer from anxiety and PTSD because of what they experienced while on the mission field.

Or when a missionary has to return home because they've been diagnosed with an illness too severe to be treated on the mission field.

Or...
Or...
Or...
The list can go on. 

Often when you hear of these tragedies, your inclination is to question God and wonder why He would allow this to happen to people that are serving Him so faithfully.  Surely they should be exempt from sorrows and trials such as these.

And truthfully, we don't know why.  And, like Job, we may never know why - at least not here on earth. 

But we can trust, as Job did, that God is still God, and worthy of praise, in the good and the bad. Indeed, sometimes, that's all we can cling to.


Tomorrow's Bible In a Year Passage: Job 4:1-7:21, 1 Corinthians 14:18-40, Psalm 37:30-40, Proverbs 21:27

Saturday, December 29th: Job 37-39, Revelation 21 ~ Tammy

Today's passage from the Bible In a Year Reading Plan is Job 37-39, Revelation 21

God's response to Job is a powerful one. 

In a nutshell He asks Job "Who do you think you are?" and "Do you know who I am?"

Job isn't God. 

We are not God. 

We simply do not have the knowledge or even the capability to make decisions that God does, about our own lives, nevermind the entire world.

God does not ever need to justify His actions to us.  Never. 

He is God.  And I am not.

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I also love the description of the New Heaven and the New Earth, and I cannot wait to see it with my own eyes!

Tomorrow's Bible In a Year Passage: Job 40-42, Revelation 22

Friday, December 28th: Job 34-36; Revelation 20 ~ Emma

Today's passage from the Bible In a Year Reading Plan is Job 34-36; Revelation 20

I was having trouble finding a part of today’s passage that stood out to me, so I went to my life application bible and found some interesting notes about Revelation 20:2-4 :

I’ll shorten/paraphrase what it says, but basically there are 3 different positions that most Christians take on this “1,000 years of peace” that this passage talks about: Postmillennialism, Premillennialism and Amillennialism. What those exact stances are is not exactly what stood out to me, but it was the point that was made after which reads:

“These different views about the Millennium need not cause division and controversy in the church because each view acknowledges what is most crucial to Christianity: Christ will return, defeat Satan, and reign forever! Whatever and whenever the Millennium is, Jesus Christ will unite believers; therefore, we should not let this issue divide us.”

I thought this was an excellent point, because, while these topics can be fun to discuss with others who have the same/different view, they are not issues that make or break our salvation. It’s important to remember this so that we don’t let issues like this divide the church, or even our friendships. 

Tomorrow's Bible In a Year Passage: Job 37-39; Revelation 21

Thursday, December 27th: Job 31-33, Revelation 19:11-21

Today's passage from the Bible In a Year Reading Plan is Job 31-33, Revelation 19:11-21

Job 32: 2 Then Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, burned with anger. He burned with anger at Job because he justified himself rather than God. 3 He burned with anger also at Job's three friends because they had found no answer, although they had declared Job to be in the wrong. 4 Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job because they were older than he. 5 And when Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, he burned with anger.
Elihu seems like a solid guy.  I appreciate his respect for his elders and his willingness to learn from their wisdom gained through age and experience.  Unfortunately, their age and experience didn't end up gaining them a lot of wisdom, at least not in this situation.  But when he saw that they were wrong, he didn't allow his age to prevent him from speaking up. 

Elihu also didn't just give Job a free pass, but also confronted him on his self-centered, rather than God-centered attitude. 

I want to be willing to wait patiently for others to speak, defer to others when they have greater wisdom, be respectful of others, and yet also be willing to speak the truth courageously.

Tomorrow's Bible In a Year Passage:  Job 34-36, Revelation 20

Today's passage from the Bible In a Year Reading Plan is: Job 22-24, Revelation 18:1-8

Job 24:25 says, "If this is not so, who can prove me false and reduce my words to nothing?" In this passage Job is talking and he is talking about how great our God is, he is saying that no one can prove him wrong and say that God doesn't exist, and he was faced with some of the harshest trials someone could face, yet he stood up for his faith and proved God is real and He is good.

Tomorrow's Bible In a Year Passage: Job 25-27, Revelation 18:9-24

Saturday, December 22nd: Job 19-21; Revelation 17:7-18 ~ Tammy

Today's passage from the Bible In a Year Reading Plan is Job 19-21; Revelation 17:7-18

Job 19:25 For I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last he will stand upon the earth.
One of my favourite verses in Job.  I love it every time I get to this portion of the book!  Job's absolute faith in a Redeemer that has not yet come (and whose birth we celebrate this week!) is unshakable even in the midst of the some of direst life circumstances we can imagine. 

So thankful for my Redeemer, and looking forward to celebrating the date of His birth in the coming days!

Tomorrow's Bible In a Year Passage:  Job 22-24, Revelation 8:1-8

Friday, December 21st: Job 16-18; Revelation 17:1-6 ~ Emma

Today's passage from the Bible In a Year Reading Plan is Job 16-18; Revelation 17:1-6

“My friends scorn me, but I pour out my tears to God.”

Job 16:20 NLT

Job’s friends are kind of the worst friends ever. They are definitely an example of what we should NOT be like - friends need encouragement in times of sorrow and grief, not criticism.

But like Job, we should pour out our tears to God. Whether our friends are supportive or not, God is always there to listen.

In this passage, Job is very honest as he’s talking to God. We should be more honest when we talk to God as well. I find I often express my feelings lightly to God, but I need to cry out to Him with honesty. He already knows how we feel, and He wants us to share that with Him.

No matter how you’re feeling today, tell God about it in an honest way. 

Tomorrow's Bible In a Year Passage: Job 19-21; Revelation 17:7-18

Thursday, December 20th: Job 13-15, Revelation 16: 12-21 ~ Nathan

Today's passage from the Bible In a Year Reading Plan is Job 13-15, Revelation 16:12-21

Job 14:7-12
“At least there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its new shoots will not fail.
[8] Its roots may grow old in the ground and its stump die in the soil,
[9] yet at the scent of water it will bud and put forth shoots like a plant.
[10] But a man dies and is laid low; he breathes his last and is no more.
[11] As the water of a lake dries up or a riverbed becomes parched and dry,
[12] so he lies down and does not rise; till the heavens are no more, people will not awake or be roused from their sleep.

A tree gets a second chance at life, we as people don't. This may motivate us to do many things, but most important is a needed dedication to living for the Lord.

As Christmas is coming soon, as well as a new year, I want in the new year to be more motivated and dedicated to living for the Lord.

Tomorrow's Bible In a Year Passage: Job 16-18, Revelation 17:1-6

Monday, December 17: Job 4-6, Revelation 14 ~by Pamela

Today's passage from the Bible In a Year Reading Plan is Job 4-6, Revelation 14

Scripture:

Job 6:24“ Teach me, and I will be silent;
    make me understand how I have gone astray.

Observation: Even though Job knows he did not do anything that would be against God, he calls out to be taught and to learn how to be who God wants him to be.

Application: We know that Job was a righteous man. Satan is sure that Job is only righteous because God had blessed Job with all the earthly desires he could want. The reality is that Job was still a sinner. He was human and made human mistakes. He was righteous but didn't always get things right. However, in the midst of his suffering he wants to be taught by God. He wants to be righteous. If God was showing Job that he was straying, Job wanted to be led back to the right path. He begs to understand and desires to listen and hear from God.

Honestly, I suck at being corrected. I don't like when it is pointed out that I have gone the wrong way. I am rarely silent and I often am bitter when things don't go my way. May I learn from Job and learn to be taught, learn to be silent, and be receptive when an explanation comes that corrects me. May this be my desire.

Prayer: Creator God, I am human as Job was and when things go wrong my first reaction is not to be taught but to pout and be bitter. Thank you for showing mercy to me and my bad habits and guiding me into a transformation to a new creation in You. Give me the desire to experience the change and may it be an example to others. Help me not to stray from the plans You have for me. Amen.


Tomorrow's Bible In a Year Passage: Job 7-9, Revelation 15

Saturday, December 17th: Job 1-3; Revelation 13:11-18 ~ Tammy

Today's passage from the Bible In a Year Reading Plan is Job 1-3; Revelation 13:11-18

Our Job passage is an intense one!  Sometimes we've read the same stories over so often that the impact is lessened over time. But if you read with fresh eyes, or put yourselves in the shoes of Job, you realize the incredible devastation that was inflicted upon Job - for no earthly reason.  He wasn't being punished for something he had done wrong.  In reality, it was almost the opposite.  He was being tested because he was so godly!

I can't even imagine - losing your livelihood, losing your possessions, losing all of our children, and losing your health.  Everything was taken away.  Except his wife, who was no encouragement to him in his time of need.  Obviously she also was hurting, but she turned her hurt into anger against God, whereas Job turned to God in worship.

In all likelihood, we will not experience the extreme devastation that Job did.  But have no doubt about it, we all go through hard times and face extremely difficult situations, though some sure seem to get more than their "fair share".  But whatever difficulties we experience, what will our reaction be?  Will it be to curse and blame God?  Or will it be to turn to him in worship and for comfort?


Tomorrow's Bible In a Year Passage:  Job 4-6, Revelation 14

Monday, July 10th: Job 41-42; Acts 16:22-40 ~ Kezia

Today's passage from the Bible In a Year Reading Plan is Job 41-42; Acts 16:22-40

"About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them. Suddenly there was such a violent earthquake that the foundations of the prison were shaken. At once all the prisoner doors fell open, and everybody's chains came loose." Acts 16:25

I love this story because God saved Paul and Silas only once they began praying and singing. Paul and Silas could've spent their time weeping and bummed out, unsure of what God's plan was for them. Instead they worshiped God.

In difficult times do I worship God or blame God? Do I ever underestimate the power of worship?

Tomorrow's Bible In a Year Passage: Psalms 1:3; Acts 17:1-15

Sunday, July 9th: Job 38-40; Acts 16:1-21 ~ Emma

Today's passage from the Bible In a Year Reading Plan is Job 38-40; Acts 16:1-21

Acts 16:16-21 is such a good example of how our faith should be like. Paul cast out demons from this girl, knowing there could be consequences, and sure enough there were (as we find out later in the chapter, they're sent to jail for this). But knowing the consequences of their faith, Paul and Silas still did what was right and what God had called them to do. We need to be bold and unashamed like this in our faith too. 

Tomorrow's Bible In a Year Passage: Job 41-42; Acts 16:22-40

Saturday, July 8th: Job 36-37; Acts 15:22-41 ~ Tammy

Today's passage from the Bible In a Year Reading Plan is Job 36-37; Acts 15:22-41

Acts 15:36 After some time had passed, Paul said to Barnabas, “Let’s go back and visit the brothers and sisters in every town where we have preached the word of the Lord and see how they’re doing.” 37 Barnabas wanted to take along John Mark. 38 But Paul insisted that they should not take along this man who had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not gone on with them to the work. 39 They had such a sharp disagreement that they parted company, and Barnabas took Mark with him and sailed off to Cyprus. 40 But Paul chose Silas and departed, after being commended by the brothers and sisters to the grace of the Lord. 41 He traveled through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches.
I read a few commentaries and posts about this passage and found some really interesting thoughts from a few different angles.

John Piper's sermon Barnabas: The Weakness of a Great Leader
Dr Greg Harris post: Paul and Barnabas Split: The Progression of John Mark

Piper fleshed these points out in much greater details but he summarized it this way....

1. Great saints go astray—sons of thunder and sons of encouragement.
2. The ministry is made up of many judgment calls, and we will have to learn to disagree on some things without rancor or bitterness or resentment.
3. Every strength has its corresponding weakness and we are all vulnerable.
4. Therefore we need each other's different strengths and mustn't envy one another but rather give thanks for God's wisdom.
5. Past experiences and past usefulness are no guarantee of future obedience. Successful Christian living is made of vigilance and constant prayer.
6. The cause of God will triumph through all the weaknesses and failures of his people. Our defeats are temporary and the celebration of our enemies is brief.

Harris notes (sorry, this is a bit long, but I really appreciated his perspective):

While this sharp disagreement between two of our heroes in the faith could cause some concern, we should be thankful to Luke for revealing the humanity of these two men. That Luke is willing to record not only the marvelous events during the establishment of the church, but also the rough patches as well, lends credibility to his account.....

Who was right? Barnabas or Paul? .... In a way, they both were right. It wouldn’t have been productive for Paul to take Mark when he didn’t trust him, but Barnabas saw the long-term potential in Mark and gave him another chance....

It’s tough to grasp the idea that two of the most influential men in the establishment of the church could have such a heated (remember, violent outburst) disagreement, but at the same time we have the benefit of seeing the big picture. God worked a great deal of good from this situation.

The most obvious working of good is that two missionary journeys were launched rather than just one (Acts 15.39-41). Barnabas and Mark went to Cyprus. Paul and Silas traveled through Syria and Cilicia.

Also, Barnabas shows us a fantastic character lesson by refusing to use his clout to overrule or cause trouble for Paul. We are talking about a man (Barnabas) who led the church in its earliest days (Acts 11.22-24), brought Paul into the work (he was the teacher and Paul the apprentice at one time), lead the first missionary journey (Acts 13.2), and represented the church at the Jerusalem Council. You think Barnabas couldn’t have made trouble for Paul if he had so desired? He could have easily played the “church politics game” and created an even larger issue than it was already.

Though we don’t know the specifics, I believe Paul grew up some through the process as well. He learned how to show grace and forgiveness. We know that later in Paul’s life he commended the ministry of Barnabas (1 Cor 9.6).....

Despite everything that happened at Pamphylia (Acts 13.13) and the emotionally violent disagreement over Mark in Acts 15.36-41, Paul, at the end of his life, found Mark to be very useful for ministry. The man he wanted to leave behind years before had become highly valuable to him. What a change! And this isn’t a change that would have come lightly. Mark must have undergone significant character enhancement since he had last been with Paul, and Paul had grown in his capacity to forgive and recognize the sanctification process in others. It is a beautiful picture of love, grace, perseverance, and restoration.

Here we have this man, John Mark, who clearly messed up in his abandonment of Paul and Barnabas on the first missionary journey. In many cases, a man like this may have tucked his tail between his legs and never been seen again. How easy that might have been. But instead Mark ends up becoming so much more than a failure. God uses the time Mark has alone with Barnabas to mold him into a champion of the early church and a dear friend of the man who once rejected him. How good is God’s process of sanctification?
Tomorrow's Bible In a Year Passage:  Job 38-40; Acts 16:1-21

Friday, July 7th: Job 34-35, Acts 15:1-21

Today's passage from the Bible In a Year Reading Plan is: Job 34-35, Acts 15:1-21

Job 34:10, 12
Therefore listen to me, you men of understanding.
It is impossible for God to do wrong,
and for the Almighty to act unjustly....
Indeed, it is true that God does not act wickedly
and the Almighty does not pervert justice.

We serve a God of justice.

One day all wrongs will be made right.

All sins will be punished.

That sounds great, as long as we're thinking about all those "sinners" out there. But not so great when we're acknowledging our own sin.

Thankfully Jesus bore the punishment for our sins so we don't have to.

He has instilled that sense of justice within us. We are to fight for justice as we are able, but we cannot forget His example of grace and mercy too.

Tomorrow's Bible In a Year Passage: Job 36-37; Acts 15:22-41

Thursday, July 6: Job 32 - 33, Acts 14 ~ Pamela

Today's passage from the Bible In a Year Reading Plan is Job 32-33; Acts 14

In today's reading, the thing that stood out for me was mistaken first impressions.

First, the example of Elihu. It doesn't say how old he was but it does mention that he was younger than Job and his friends. (This immediately made me think about the verse I teach my Grade 1 friends: 1 Timothy 4:12. I want them to know that even though they are among the youngest in the school that they have value and can be an example.) A first impression of Elihu could have been that with his lack of age and experience he may not have had authority or even anything to add to Job and his situation. However, this was not true. 

From this website:

Elihu was one of Job’s friends—not one of the three who had come to comfort Job at the beginning of the book, but one who arrives later and offers the last and longest single speech to Job. Elihu is identified only as the “son of Barakel the Buzite, of the family of Ram” (Job 32:2). In Job 32—37 Elihu offers a response to Job that lifts up the Lord, condemns Job’s three friends, and rightly confronts Job....

...In short, Elihu condemns Job’s friends and Job’s claim of being without sin, declares God’s justice, condemns Job’s attitude toward God, and exalts God’s greatness. Elihu’s four-part speech is followed by God breaking His silence to directly answer Job. In Job 42:7 the Lord condemns Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar. Elihu is not mentioned again after he finishes his speech, but, significantly, he is not rebuked by God.

Elihu’s life and speech offer many insights for today. First, he dealt with the real issues of the situation rather than looking at the situation from a human perspective. Second, he emphasized God and His greatness rather than focus on a human response to problems. Third, he responded with respect, allowing others to speak first before offering his own response. These traits can help us today as we seek to understand why God allows suffering and as we attempt to help others who face suffering.

Elihu understood what was happening even better than Job or his older friends despite his age. It is significant that Elihu is not rebuked by God when God begins to speak to Job and his friends. Elihu modelled patience, respect, and wisdom in his response to Job and in his reverence to God. We don't always expect this in younger people and sometimes we are quick to overlook their advice.

In the NT, when Paul and Barnabas were healing and sharing the gospel, people proclaimed them as gods in human form. Paul and Barnabas were so distraught that they tore their clothes and tried to make sure people understood that THEY were not the important ones, but mere messengers for the Living God. However, first impressions are hard to deny and people only see what they want to see. The people of Lystra stayed true to their first impression.

18 Even though they said these things, they barely stopped the crowds from sacrificing to them.

As humans, we can be so blind to reality. We choose to believe what we see and it's hard to change our first impressions even when confronted by the truth.

Finally, I think it is remarkable that Paul was stoned and left for dead and yet was well enough to travel to Derbe the next day. How bad was Paul hurt that the people stoning him believed they had succeeded in ending his life? Yet, how amazingly quick was his recovery that Paul was well enough to travel the next day? The mistaken first impression of the people stoning Paul was that they had eliminated him from preaching. They believed the Jews, who were intent on poisoning their minds with false truths, and attempted to end Paul's mission. However, they were unsuccessful in every sense because not only was Paul very much alive, but he was able to travel to spread the gospel even farther because of persecution. The gospel was shared in Derbe, again in Lystra, Iconium, Antioch, Pisdidia, Pamphylia, Perga, Attalia, and again they returned to Antioch.  The intent was to stop Paul's ministry. The result was the spread of gospel.

Sometimes we can be too focused on initial impressions or on things that are not true. We might be wrong about someone's value, we might be mistaken about someone's actions, and we might believe that we have the power to interrupt God's plan by inserting our own agenda. Sometimes we need to step back from the situation and think about our first impression and find out if it is, in fact, as true as we think it is.

Tomorrow's Bible In a Year Passage: Job 34-35; Acts 15:1-21

Wednesday, July 5th: Job 30 - 31, Acts 13: 26-52 ~ Nathan

Today's passage from the Bible In a Year Reading Plan is: Job 30-31; Acts 13:26-52

Job 30:20
“I cry out to you, God, but you do not answer; I stand up, but you merely look at me.

How often don't I want God to answer me immediately? Or expect a quick response to a question or issue I have? Kind of like how we look up a question we have on google, and get an immediate answer.

Job was frustrated with not knowing why he was going through this trial, he didn't understand and I'm sure wanted a quick answer.

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Acts 13:43
When the congregation was dismissed, many of the Jews and devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, who talked with them and urged them to continue in the grace of God.

What a joyful scene this must have been, I would have liked to be there to see and experience this. Seeing a congregation and speakers who wanted most importantly to serve God and honor Him. I'm thankful for our church leaders who give their best to help us, because they want to serve God.


Tomorrow's Bible In a Year Passage: Job 32-33; Acts 14

Tuesday, July 4th: Job 28-29; Acts 13:1-25 ~ Jody

Today's passage from the Bible In a Year Reading Plan is: Job 28-29; Acts 13:1-25

“The fear of the Lord—that is wisdom. And to turn from evil is understanding.” Job 28:28

In the earlier verses Job talks about all the different places man looks for wisdom. I love the picture he paints in this chapter. To the centre of the earth where miners travel, the depths of the ocean, the wealth of pearls - nowhere can wisdom be found except in the Lord.

I also appreciate that a crucial piece of the formula is that to understand, we must turn from evil. It's not enough to just seek wisdom, we have to turn from evil as well.

Tomorrow's Bible In a Year Passage:Job 30-31; Acts 13:26-52