August 23

Today's Reading

Job. Today we meet the second and third of Job's friends who were anything but comforting during Job's pain. (I have heard that Bildad the Shoe-height was the shortest man in the Bible.) Job's cry includes these words: "33 If only there were a mediator between us,
someone who could bring us together." In 1 John (New Testament) we are told that Jesus Christ is the mediator between us and God. What a wonderful answer to our dilemma!

In the last part of Job today, Zophar flew into Job like a buzz saw. He added condemnation to the pain Job was already experiencing. Not unlike people who approach a Christian with cancer and say, "If you had faith, God would heal you." Then the cancer victim feels guilty in addition to the physical ailment.

1 Corinthians. Our hope is built on nothing less than the resurrected Christ. Praise God for Him!

Psalms. Every pain and every sorrow we experience was experienced by the writers of these words. That's why they are a great way to express our feelings to God.

Proverbs. It is far better to simply speak the truth than to try and bluff your way through life.

What do you think?