Job 36 - Praying God's Word

 

Please read Job 36.  Elihu is speaking.

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Meditate on verse 13.

 

But the godless in heart lay up anger;

they do not cry for help when He binds them.

 

Beware of the anger that often comes when you are in the midst of a trial.  Search your heart for stored up anger, crying out to God for help in releasing it.

 

Rest in the LORD and wait patiently for Him; do not fret

because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man

who carries out wicked schemes.  Cease from anger and forsake

wrath; do not fret; it leads only to evildoing.

—Psalm 37:7-8

 

Turning from anger is easier said than done.  Give your trials and anger to the LORD and pray Job 36:13, 15-19 and 21-22 over yourself and those for whom you stand guard as a faithful, prayerful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7).

 

“LORD, do not let ____________ and me be godless

 in our hearts and lay up anger.

LORD, we cry to You for help for You have bound us. 

Please deliver us in our affliction and open our

 ears to hear You in our oppression.  You entice us

 from the mouth of distress and offer us a broad place

 with no constraint and set before us a table full of fatness. 

Do not let us be so full of judgment on the wicked

that we are blind to what You are doing. 

Do not let judgment and justice take hold of us. 

Do not let wrath entice us to scoffing,

and do not let the greatness of the ransom

blind us to Your deliverance. 

Riches and our own strength will

 not keep us from distress. 

Do not let us turn to evil, preferring

 it to our affliction.

 God, You are exalted in Your power. 

There is no Teacher like You. 

Teach us in Your name, Jesus~”

 

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