DCLM Daily Manna 2025: DCLM Daily Manna 12 December 2025: Thinking You Know Better
Text: Job 33:23–33 (KJV)
If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness:
24 Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.
25 His flesh shall be fresher than a child’s: he shall return to the days of his youth:
26 He shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he will render unto man his righteousness.
27 He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;
28 He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.
29 Lo, all these things worketh God oftentimes with man,
30 To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living.
31 Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will speak.
32 If thou hast anything to say, answer me: speak, for I desire to justify thee.
33 If not, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I shall teach thee wisdom.
KEY VERSE: Job 33:32–33 (KJV)
“If thou hast any thing to say, answer me: speak, for I desire to justify thee. If not, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I shall teach thee wisdom.”
Carolina Sandell Berg battled health challenges in her early life. On one occasion, she travelled with her father on an evangelistic mission. Tragically, during the voyage, her father slipped and drowned before her eyes.
Overwhelmed by grief yet anchored in faith, she later composed the timeless hymn “Day by Day and with Every Passing Moment,” a testimony of God’s sustaining grace in suffering.
The question of why righteous people suffer has troubled humanity for generations. While it remains a profound mystery, meaningful insight can only be found when such pain is viewed within the context of God’s eternal purposes and broader perspective.
In Job’s narrative, Elihu listened carefully to Job and his three friends and concluded that they were all mistaken.
Although Elihu offered deeper insights than the others, he still could not fully answer Job’s anguished question: “Why me?” Job did not just want explanations; he longed for divine clarity. Neither the elders nor Elihu, who assumed he understood better, had complete answers.
Suffering can sometimes be a tool God uses to refine our faith and get our attention, but no human being possesses exhaustive knowledge of its purpose.
What we can be assured of is that God cares deeply and is always at work, even in our pain, to bring about good. Sadly, some “Elihus” are quick to speak, offering lectures rather than compassion, forgetting that wounded hearts need comfort more than correction.
If you are hurting or grappling with unanswered questions, turn to God. Seek His presence above human explanations. When God reveals Himself in your situation, relief comes, and you emerge stronger, wiser, and more anchored in faith.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
Heaven holds the answers to all the questions that perplex us now.
THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
Daily Manna 12 December 2025
