Job 8 is Bildad talking to Job. Bildad tells Job over and over that all he needs to do is go to God. He reminds Job that they are yet young on the earth and as long as he stays faithful to God, God will take care of him.
In Job 9 Job replies to Bildad saying that he is not worthy to call on God. He continues to cast himself down saying that he has done wrong somewhere and has lost the blessings of God. I think I would probably feel the same way as Job here. With so many bad things happening to me, I do not know how Job has stood this long. It really is an amazing testament to how much faith Job really has.
Job continues to speak in Job 10, but this time it appears that it is more directed to God. It seems that he begins to ask God why this is happening to him. He still shows a sadness for his life and wishes that he had not been born. He never denies God but does appear to ask God to leave him alone so that he may finish his days in peace as he feels that his life is soon to be over.
Matthew 9:1 - 17 continues with the amazing miracles that Jesus is doing. We start out with Jesus healing a paralytic man. While doing this he also confronts some of the teachers of the law. In my opinion this is just an amazing show of how much authority God has given him. Next, we see Jesus calling Matthew the tax collector to join Him as a disciple. This little section also contains a very important verse for us to remember. It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. But go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice. For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners. (Matt. 9:12, 13) This just shouts to me that we are to serve to all of those in low places. We are not here on earth just to go to church but to go out among people and help them as Jesus did. As for the last section of reading I am not sure I have a full understanding of it yet. Is it just a thought that he knows that he will soon be saving the entire world from their sins or something else?
Tomorrow's reading is:
Job 11, 12, 13 and Matthew 9:18 - 38
8. I hope that my friends would try this hard to lift me up and give me hope.
ReplyDelete9. I didn't really like this chapter. Job says he's not worthy to call on God, but isn't that what we are suppose to do? Isn't that what prayers are for?
10. It's hard to hear Job say over and over how much he loathes his life. Makes me very sad to think of the suffering he had to endure.
9. When I read it I just thought he meant now is not the time for fasting, but I can see some foreshadowing there.