DCLM Daily Manna 10 November 2026: This, And After This
KEY VERSE: After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons’ sons, even four generations. So Job died, being old and full of days” (Job 42:16,17)
TEXT: Job 42:10-17
And the Lord turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before.
11 Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the Lord had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold.
12 So the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.
13 He had also seven sons and three daughters.
14 And he called the name of the first, Jemima; and the name of the second, Kezia; and the name of the third, Kerenhappuch.
15 And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren.
16 After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons’ sons, even four generations.
17 So Job died, being old and full of days.
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Of adversity, someone had these profound conclusions: it prepares us for greater providence; it produces dependence on God rather than men; it proves our integrity; it opens the door to greater opportunities; spiritual maturity is easily attained, and it prepares our heart for empathy in the ministry. Job’s heart-wrenching and agonising experience was a testimony to these stated truisms.
In Job’s earthly sojourn, we understand that some life lessons are better learned through experience than merely expressing them. There is also the truth that people seem to be better able to manage adversity than prosperity. Job’s This, and After this fall somewhere in the middle of it all. He handled his untoward situation with excellence. After the adversity, Job passed the test when prosperity came. He neither lost godliness in adversity nor was he bereft of righteousness after God changed his fortune. The time of This, for Job, was a period of terrible reversal of fortunes. He lost all that he had worked for in his first 70 years of life. His friends condemned him for holding on to his integrity. These miserable comforters offered him no comfort but rejection and discouragement.
In all “This”, Job remained righteous, blazing forth the light of the truth he had earlier spoken: “The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger”. Then comes “After This”, in which Job got more than double of what he lost. From “This” to “After This”, Job remained consistent, faithful, spiritually reliable, and trusting in the Lord, whatever betides. This is the message of Job’s existence preserved for saints of all ages. The God who knows our infirmities expects that when the tides turn against us, we will not abandon His side, His safety, and succour. When we cannot predict tomorrow’s happenings, we will happily let God be our guide and stay, trusting in His omnipotence, whatever happens.
Between the This and the After This, there is an omniscient God in control. He rewards those who diligently seek Him. This is the great God who never abandons His own. This God may seem absent at the crucifixion, silent during the burial, but is in total control of the Sunday of resurrection. He planned it all to shame the opposers of His glorious will for mankind. This is the only God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. He is the God and Creator of the universe. He’s the One who gave Job an additional one hundred and forty years After This. Whatever your journey has been, let this God be your God. Only then will your This beget a glorious After This.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
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DCLM Daily Manna 10 November 2026
