January 27 - Job 30:1-31:40

Good morning everyone,

Today in our reading we come to the final two chapters of Job’s speech before he speaks with God. He is weary and confused. A man who was once wealthy and respected by all is now being taunted by even the young folks. In 30:9-15 we read that they mock him with vulgar songs. They provoke him, and they spit in his face. They spit in his face!! Who gets to do that? It makes me so angry to read those words. Why do some people feel like they are so much better than others? It is incredibly pathetic and sad when one person has to bring another down in an effort to make themselves look better, bigger or stronger. The bully does not realize that their youth, strength and apparent power are shore lived, one day all too soon they too will be old and weak and one day they, like everyone else, will bow a knee to God and they will “have some splainin’ to do Lucy”. At any rate, Job is humiliated, you can just feel how tired he is.

In chapter 31 he goes on to proclaim his innocence in not only the outward sins, but inward sins as well. Job lists the sins he has not committed in his heart, against his neighbor or against God. It is those inward sins that are so super dangerous and can get you every time. That is where the enemy does his best work. He LOVES to mess with your head, to plant his seeds of destruction in your mind and it is so subtle you don’t even realize it is happening. The enemy wants you, wants me to be discontent with what the Lord has given us. He wants us to want more so what does he do? He will use his favorite tool of TV to get us to lust after a new car, a vacation, new electronics, a “better” life whispering in you ear “look what they have, you can have it too”. He will even get you looking at poisonous candy in the form of someone topless and well built, if you know what I mean, beware it will destroy what you love. The enemy will tell you it is okay to fantasize, as day by day he waters the seed of discontent, as that poisonous vine grows and chokes you out of your marriage, or into addiction, or maybe bankruptcy.  I am here to beg you to please don’t fall for that, don’t let the seed of discontent, of lust be watered by the enemy. Don’t let the sins of the heart trip you up and don’t be fooled by thinking no one can see them because God sees. He knows your heart, He sees right to it. It is those sins that we need to look God straight in the face and claim. We need to repent, ask for forgiveness, and you can believe He will pick you up, dust you off, give you a great big ole hug and say “of course you’re forgiven. I love you child”, then send you back out with a dash of wisdom sprinkled about you.

Well, I am wondering if there is anyone out there whose reading this that does not know God to be their personal Savior. If that is you and you would like to claim the promises of God and the peace beyond all understanding but the best yet, know that you will spend eternity in heaven with our Lord and Savior then would you please say the prayer below, but know it is not the prayer that saves you but the attitude of your heart, a heart that longs for Jesus.

Dear God in heaven, I come to you in the name of Jesus. I acknowledge to You that I am a sinner, and I am sorry for my sins and the life that I have lived; I need your forgiveness. I believe that your only begotten Son Jesus Christ shed His precious blood on the cross at Calvary and died for my sins, and I am now willing to turn from my sin.

You said in Your Holy Word, Romans 10:9 that if we confess the Lord our God and believe in our hearts that God raised Jesus from the dead, we shall be saved.

Right now I confess Jesus as the Lord of my soul. With my heart, I believe that God raised Jesus from the dead. This very moment I accept Jesus Christ as my own personal Savior and according to His Word, right now I am saved.

Thank you Jesus for your unlimited grace which has saved me from my sins. Lord Jesus transform my life so that I may bring glory and honor to you alone and not to myself.  Amen.

If you just said this prayer and you meant it with all your heart and you have repented for your sins, you can trust that you just got saved and are born again. You were dead but now you live, for the Lord Jesus Christ has redeemed you for a price! The price was His death on the cross. You may ask, "Now that I am saved, what's next?" First of all you need to get into a bible-based church, and study God's Word. Tell others of your choice, the enemy is very real and will desperately try to capture you back, so surround yourself with like-minded people, and hold on tightly to God’s hand. He loves you, He loves you, He loves you!! Believe it! May God Bless You! 

I pray you all have a very good day.

God bless you all …