Job Devo

Day 30 Scripture to meditate on: “I made a covenant with my eyes     not to look lustfully at a young woman. For what is our lot from God above,     our heritage from the Almighty on high? Is it not ruin for…

Day 29 Scripture to meditate on: “But now they mock me,     men younger than I, whose fathers I would have disdained     to put with my sheep dogs. Of what use was the strength of their hands to me,     since their vigor…

Day 28 Scripture to meditate on: Job continued his discourse: “How I long for the months gone by,     for the days when God watched over me, when his lamp shone on my head     and by his light I walked through darkness!…

Day 27 Scripture to meditate on: There is a mine for silver     and a place where gold is refined. Iron is taken from the earth,     and copper is smelted from ore. Mortals put an end to the darkness;     they search out…

Day 26 Scripture to meditate on: And Job continued his discourse: “As surely as God lives, who has denied me justice,     the Almighty, who has made my life bitter, as long as I have life within me,     the breath of God…

Day 25 Scripture to meditate on: Then Bildad the Shuhite replied: “Dominion and awe belong to God;     he establishes order in the heights of heaven. Can his forces be numbered?     On whom does his light not rise? How then can a…

Day 24 Scripture to meditate on: “Why does the Almighty not set times for judgment?     Why must those who know him look in vain for such days? There are those who move boundary stones;     they pasture flocks they have stolen. They…

Day 23 The Patience of Job? Scripture to meditate on: Then Job replied: “Even today my complaint is bitter;     his hand is heavy in spite of my groaning. If only I knew where to find him;     if only I could go…

Day 22 Scripture to meditate on: Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied: “Can a man be of benefit to God?     Can even a wise person benefit him? What pleasure would it give the Almighty if you were righteous?     What would he gain…

Day 21 Scripture to meditate on: Then Job replied: “Listen carefully to my words;     let this be the consolation you give me. Bear with me while I speak,     and after I have spoken, mock on. “Is my complaint directed to a…