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----- Original Message ----- From: "Donnie Parrett" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 10:21 PM Subject: Daily Bible Reading For Thursday May 28 > Job 22-24 (The Message) > > Job 22 > Eliphaz Attacks Job-The Third Round > Come to Terms with God > 1-11 Once again Eliphaz the Temanite took up his theme: < > >"Are any of us strong enough to give God a hand, > or smart enough to give him advice? > So what if you were righteous-would God Almighty even notice? > Even if you gave a perfect performance, do you think > he'd applaud? > Do you think it's because he cares about your purity > that he's disciplining you, putting you on the spot? > Hardly! It's because you're a first-class moral failure, > because there's no end to your sins. > When people came to you for help, > you took the shirts off their backs, exploited their helplessness. > You wouldn't so much as give a drink to the thirsty, > or food, not even a scrap, to the hungry. > And there you sat, strong and honored by everyone, > surrounded by immense wealth! > You turned poor widows away from your door; > heartless, you crushed orphans. > Now you're the one trapped in terror, paralyzed by fear. > Suddenly the tables have turned! > How do you like living in the dark, sightless, > up to your neck in flood waters? > > 12-14 "You agree, don't you, that God is in charge? > He runs the universe-just look at the stars! > Yet you dare raise questions: 'What does God know? > From that distance and darkness, how can he judge? > He roams the heavens wrapped in clouds, > so how can he see us?' > > 15-18 "Are you going to persist in that tired old line > that wicked men and women have always used? > Where did it get them? They died young, > flash floods sweeping them off to their doom. > They told God, 'Get lost! > What good is God Almighty to us?' > And yet it was God who gave them everything they had. > It's beyond me how they can carry on like this! > > 19-20 "Good people see bad people crash, and call for a celebration. > Relieved, they crow, > 'At last! Our enemies-wiped out. > Everything they had and stood for is up in smoke!' > > 21-25 "Give in to God, come to terms with him > and everything will turn out just fine. > Let him tell you what to do; > take his words to heart. > Come back to God Almighty > and he'll rebuild your life. > Clean house of everything evil. > Relax your grip on your money > and abandon your gold-plated luxury. > God Almighty will be your treasure, > more wealth than you can imagine. > > 26-30 "You'll take delight in God, the Mighty One, > and look to him joyfully, boldly. > You'll pray to him and he'll listen; > he'll help you do what you've promised. > You'll decide what you want and it will happen; > your life will be bathed in light. > To those who feel low you'll say, 'Chin up! Be brave!' > and God will save them. > Yes, even the guilty will escape, > escape through God's grace in your life." > > Job 23 > Job's Defense > I'm Completely in the Dark > 1-7 Job replied: < > >"I'm not letting up-I'm standing my ground. > My complaint is legitimate. > God has no right to treat me like this- > it isn't fair! > If I knew where on earth to find him, > I'd go straight to him. > I'd lay my case before him face-to-face, > give him all my arguments firsthand. > I'd find out exactly what he's thinking, > discover what's going on in his head. > Do you think he'd dismiss me or bully me? > No, he'd take me seriously. > He'd see a straight-living man standing before him; > my Judge would acquit me for good of all charges. > > 8-9 "I travel East looking for him-I find no one; > then West, but not a trace; > I go North, but he's hidden his tracks; > then South, but not even a glimpse. > > 10-12 "But he knows where I am and what I've done. > He can cross-examine me all he wants, and I'll pass the test > with honors. > I've followed him closely, my feet in his footprints, > not once swerving from his way. > I've obeyed every word he's spoken, > and not just obeyed his advice-I've treasured it. > > 13-17 "But he is singular and sovereign. Who can argue with him? > He does what he wants, when he wants to. > He'll complete in detail what he's decided about me, > and whatever else he determines to do. > Is it any wonder that I dread meeting him? > Whenever I think about it, I get scared all over again. > God makes my heart sink! > God Almighty gives me the shudders! > I'm completely in the dark, > I can't see my hand in front of my face." > > Job 24 > An Illusion of Security > 1-12"But if Judgment Day isn't hidden from the Almighty, why are we kept > in the dark? > There are people out there getting by with murder- > stealing and lying and cheating. > They rip off the poor > and exploit the unfortunate, > Push the helpless into the ditch, > bully the weak so that they fear for their lives. > The poor, like stray dogs and cats, > scavenge for food in back alleys. > They sort through the garbage of the rich, > eke out survival on handouts. > Homeless, they shiver through cold nights on the street; > they've no place to lay their heads. > Exposed to the weather, wet and frozen, > they huddle in makeshift shelters. > Nursing mothers have their babies snatched from them; > the infants of the poor are kidnapped and sold. > They go about patched and threadbare; > even the hard workers go hungry. > No matter how backbreaking their labor, > they can never make ends meet. > People are dying right and left, groaning in torment. > The wretched cry out for help > and God does nothing, acts like nothing's wrong! > > 13-17 "Then there are those who avoid light at all costs, > who scorn the light-filled path. > When the sun goes down, the murderer gets up- > kills the poor and robs the defenseless. > Sexual predators can't wait for nightfall, > thinking, 'No one can see us now.' > Burglars do their work at night, > but keep well out of sight through the day. > They want nothing to do with light. > Deep darkness is morning for that bunch; > they make the terrors of darkness their companions in crime. > > 18-25 "They are scraps of wood floating on the water- > useless, cursed junk, good for nothing. > As surely as snow melts under the hot, summer sun, > sinners disappear in the grave. > The womb has forgotten them, worms have relished them- > nothing that is evil lasts. > Unscrupulous, > they prey on those less fortunate. > However much they strut and flex their muscles, > there's nothing to them. They're hollow. > They may have an illusion of security, > but God has his eye on them. > They may get their brief successes, > but then it's over, nothing to show for it. > Like yesterday's newspaper, > they're used to wrap up the garbage. > You're free to try to prove me a liar, > but you won't be able to do it." > > > > > > > Please join us on Skype Monday thru Friday at 8:00 EST for our Morning > Skype Prayer Time. > > > Contact Me At: > Donnie Parrett > 1956 Asa Flat Road > Annville, Kentucky 40402 > Home Phone: 606-364-3321 > Church Phone: 606-364-PRAY > Skype Name: Donnie1261 > Email: [email protected] > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Deaf-Blind Inspirational Life Group" group. 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