Devotions

“He removes understanding from a country’s leaders and makes them wander in trackless deserts.”
Job 12:24 CJB

What this says is that God is in control of all, no one does anything unless He allows it! Remember in first two chapters the Adversary had to ask permission to attack Job!

“Who can say something and have it happen without Adonai’s commanding it?”
Lamentations 3:37 CJB

So when we see the things happening in the world, we can get distressed, upset and panic, but know this it only happens when God says so!

“The earth is Adonai’s, with all that is in it, the world and those who live there; for He set its foundations on the seas and established it on the rivers.”
Psalm 24:1-2 CJB

Everything belongs to Adonai, even if it doesn’t’t look good now, the outcome will be perfect, because it’s in His hands!
Have a blessed day resting in the hands of Adonai!
Shabbat Shalom!

“An empty man can gain understanding, even if he was born like a wild donkey.”
Job 11:12 CJB

This is us empty wild people in need of God who can fill us with His understanding and joy! How?

“If you will set your heart right, if you will spread out your hands towards Him, if you will put your iniquity at a distance and not let unrighteousness remain in your tents, then when you lift up your face, there will be no defect; you will be firm and free from fear.”
Job 11:13-15 CJB

Simple just drop your sins (desist from sin) submit to God and He will forgive, forget and fill you with His understanding!

“Desist, and learn that I am God, supreme over the nations, supreme over the earth.”
Psalm 46:10 CJB

So don’t act like wild donkeys, but instead be still and seek God!
Have a blessed day in Him!
Shabbat Shalom!

“Please remember that You made me, like clay; will you return me to dust?”
Job 10:9 CJB

God made us for His glory molding us and shaping us along the way as He perfectly makes us!

“For You fashioned my inmost being, you knit me together in my mother’s womb.”
Psalm 139:13 CJB

How amazing it is to know that no matter what is going on God has perfectly made us and has perfectly designed our situations!

“I praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are Your works; my soul knows it very well.”
Psalm 139:17 CJB

So no matter what issues are going on, today, God has perfectly made us for it!
Have a blessed day knowing God perfectly molded us for today!

“His heart is so wise, his strength so great—who can resist him and succeed?”
Job 9:4 CJB

The answer is no one can resist God and win! The wisest thing we can do is simply just submit ourselves to Him!

“Our God is in Heaven; He does whatever pleases Him.”
Psalm 115:3 CJB

We can’t fight God and win! So let’s just follow His instructions that He gives us!

“Adonai is good, and he is fair; this is why he teaches sinners the way [to live],
leads the humble to do what is right and teaches the humble [to live] his way.”
Psalm 25:8-9 CJB

So let’s follow God and His ways today doing His will,which will always work out better!
Have a blessed day in Him!

“Those who hate you will be clothed with shame, and the tent of the wicked will cease to exist.”
Job 8:22 CJB

This is Bildad speaking, who doesn’t really know Job! But even more so doesn’t know Adonai, speaking words as if He is godly, just like godless people today! We hear celebrities, news pundits and politicians trying to quote scripture, but absolutely know nothing of God!

“They claim to know God, but with their actions they deny Him. They are detestable and disobedient; they have proved themselves unfit to do anything good.”
Titus 1:16 CJB

We see this happening all around us: politicians, entertainers and sadly Bible teachers acting and saying godly things, but their actions don’t back up what they claim!

“Sh’muel said, Does Adonai take as much pleasure in burnt offerings and sacrifices as in obeying what Adonai says? Surely obeying is better than sacrifice, and heeding orders than the fat of rams.”
1 Samuel 15:22 CJB

God, really wants us to hear and do what His Word says, but He also wants us to know His word so we can clearly recognize hypocrites who falsely quote His Word!
Have a blessed day being on guard!