Daily Reading // Job 5-6
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S // SCRIPTURE
Select a verse from today’s reading
Job 5:17 (NKJV) “Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects; Therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty.”
Job 42:7 (NKJV) And so it was, after the LORD had spoken these words to Job, that the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is aroused against you and your two friends, for you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has.”
O // OBSERVATION
Why did this verse get your attention? Make a simple observation from the text
The book of Job is challenging for many reasons. One reason is you have to keep track of who is speaking. The one who is speaking in chapter five is Eliphaz. He is corrected in the last chapter by God Himself, Who says, “you have not spoken of me what was right.”
So, we can’t read these words in Job as if they are all right, because they’re not.
However, they are not all wrong either. Here Eliphaz says something that is actually very strongly affirmed in the New Testament. Oh no! What do we do?
We have to read Job very carefully. We can’t just accept it all as accurate or throw it all out as inaccurate. We have to: Consider the source, weigh it against scripture and use great discernment.
A // APPLICATION
How can I apply this to my life today?
The book of Job is great practice for real life. I can’t take everything anyone says as accurate or dismiss everything anyone says as inaccurate. Even people I highly regard can say things that are inaccurate. And, believe it or not, people with whom I disagree can say things that are true.
Oh no! What do I do?
I always have to: Consider the source, weigh it against scripture and use great discernment.
P // PRAYER
Express yourself in prayer
Holy Spirit, I need Your guidance. Lead me into all truth. Keep me from foolish acceptance or dismissal of what I am told. Make me discerning, I pray. Amen.
Great addition. We have to be discerning. Thanks Jennifer.
And to layer on your thoughts, it is possible that what someone says is wise and true, but they just don't apply in this situation. What Eliphaz said was good, but it didn't apply to Job. Job was not being corrected for his errors; he was being tested for his already exemplary faith in God. It's like having a good medicine that is applied to the wrong wound.