Daily Manna 15 October
KEY VERSE: Job 21:22 – “Shall any teach God knowledge? Seeing he judgeth those that are high.”
TEXT: Job 21:22-34
“Can anyone teach God knowledge,
Since He judges those on high?
23 One dies in his full strength,
Being wholly at ease and secure;
24 His [a]pails are full of milk,
And the marrow of his bones is moist.
25 Another man dies in the bitterness of his soul,
Never having eaten with pleasure.
26 They lie down alike in the dust,
And worms cover them.
27 “Look, I know your thoughts,
And the schemes with which you would wrong me.
28 For you say,
‘Where is the house of the prince?
And where is [b]the tent,
The dwelling place of the wicked?’
29 Have you not asked those who travel the road?
And do you not know their signs?
30 For the wicked are reserved for the day of doom;
They shall be brought out on the day of wrath.
31 Who condemns his way to his face?
And who repays him for what he has done?
32 Yet he shall be brought to the grave,
And a vigil kept over the tomb.
33 The clods of the valley shall be sweet to him;
Everyone shall follow him,
As countless have gone before him.
34 How then can you comfort me with empty words,
Since [c]falsehood remains in your answers?”
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Hard as it may seem sometimes, we must recognise that there is no situation facing us that God is not aware of. This is why the right attitude in times of challenges is not to raise our hands in resignation, or to grumble, and get angry with Him. At such a time, we should draw nearer to God and trust Him more. This is the example portrayed by Job. He could not understand why he was suffering; yet, in his anguish, he neither minimised his faith in God nor disregarded His power and ability. He declared that no one can teach God knowledge or question His propriety in permitting some things that happen to people.
For instance, some people die after a fulfilled and luxurious life while others die following a life-long suffering of poverty and penury. Either way, God is fully conversant with their situations. In accusing Job falsely and without evidence, his friends seemed to be oblivious of this fact as they imagined the worst possible fate for Him. He must be wicked, they thought; otherwise he who lived like a prince would not have lost virtually all in his life. But Job told them that things were not always what they looked like.
The wicked may seem to get away literarily with murder, but fierce judgment awaits him at the end of life. Trials and troubles should not make us to turn away from God. Instead, the suffering should be an incentive to walk more closely with the Lord, trust Him to tackle the challenges confronting us and to allow Him determine the best time to come to our rescue. We must never lose sight of the fact that whatever is happening, God is still in firm control of our affairs.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: God’s everlasting arms are strong enough to hold you from falling during troubles.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Isaiah 38–41
Thank you for studying today’s Daily Manna – God Is In Control – by Pastor Enoch A.
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Daily Manna 15 October 2021
