Job 35 - Praying God's Word

 

Please read Job 35.  Elihu is speaking.

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Meditate on verses 9-10a.

 

Because of the multitude of oppressions, they cry out;

 they cry for help because of the arm of the mighty. 

But no one says, “Where is God my Maker?”

 

Prayers offered in the midst of suffering are often begging God to fix the situation and to fix it fast.  Do you ever pray to know God better in the midst of the suffering?  What would happen if your prayers changed from “LORD, please fix this mess” to “LORD, keep me in this difficult time until I know You”? 

 

God’s wants us to know He is LORD.

 

"Therefore behold, I am going to make them know—This time

 I will make them know My power and My might,

and they shall know that My name is the LORD."

—Jeremiah 16:21

 

The purpose of suffering is for obtaining wisdom, removing pride, and knowing God (Job 28:28; 33:17; 35:9-10).  Thank God for the trials of life, purposing to know Him more and more.

 

Pray Job 35:9-12 over yourself and those for whom you stand guard as a faithful, prayerful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7).

 

“LORD, ___________ and I cry out because of the multitude of

oppressions, and we cry for help because of the arm of

the mighty.  In the midst of this difficulty, we cry out to know

 You, God our Maker, Who gives songs in the night and Who

teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and

makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens. 

As we cry out, please answer us! 

Please remove our evil pride! 

For the sake of Your name, Jesus~”

 

The WATCHMAN on the WALL, 4 – Dr. Ron and Marsha Harvell