Today’s Bible Translation

Bible translation used in today’s episode: Ch. 17 HCSB, Ch. 18 NASB

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Thoughts

Chapter seventeen opens with Job confessing that his spirit is broken. Why? Because his so called friends have become mockers in his eyes, and he can’t get away from them. They have made him an object of scorn.

But he will not do as they want him to do. They have told him that he needs to confess his sin, but Job knows that he is innocent. So in verse nine, Job says that upright men will be appalled at the treatment he has received from his friends, whom he now calls godless. He goes on to say that he will continue hold on to his determination to do what is right, and that because his hands are clean from sin, he will gain strength.

Beloved, when you are persecuted, hang on. Isaiah 40:31 tells us, “but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.”

There are times in this world when the world seems heavy. But like Job, hang on. If you are in a right relationship with God, know that He is with you, and He will hold you up. The night may be dark, but there is the promise of the morning. He will not let you down.