Job 42 – Pastor Mac Daily DEVO

And the Lord restored the fortunes of Job, when he had prayed for his friends. And the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before. Job 42:10 – After speaking with Job, and Job speaking in repentance back to the Lord, God turns his attention to Job’s three friends. God makes it clear that He was displeased with them and their words. They spoke of God incorrectly and this was something that needed to be made right. They were to take seven bulls and seven rams, go to Job, and offer a burnt offering to God with these sacrifices. After that, Job was to pray for them and God would accept Job’s prayer for his friends. Now in verse ten we see that God restored the fortunes of Job…but when? Was it after the whirlwind? Was it after Job himself repented? No, God restored the fortunes after Job prayed for his friends. Something clear in scripture is God’s desire for reconciliation and healing amongst His people. God’s design here was to bring Job, Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar back in a right relationship with one another, and until the four were willing to do this, all four would have been in the wrong and Job would have still been in his loss. Let us prioritize the healing of broken relationships. Know God’s heart is not to be at odds with one another and to have a lack of forgiveness for one another. We are called to love one another. This doesn’t mean we have to be buddy-buddy with them, but we are called to seek peace out as far as it depends on us. And maybe the reason we aren’t in a state of peace within life is because we aren’t being faithful in this command to seek peace with those we are at odds with. Who then is someone you need to find reconciliation with and how could that process begin today? I love you, but Jesus loves you more - Mac

Question To Ponder: Why do you think God cares that we are at peace with one another?

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