Category: Job

Job 31 Meaning: Let’s turn our attention to Job, chapter 31.  The 31st chapter of the book of Job contains Job’s last words of self-defense in this book.  Last time as we studied verses 1-23, we saw that Job denied lusting, lying, committing sins with his hands, heart, and feet, committing adultery, mistreating his servants, and mistreating the poor.  And this…

Job 31 Commentary: Have you ever found yourself in the position of needing to give a defense of your actions? Or even a defense of your character? It’s difficult to do. And one thing that makes it so difficult is that you’re not wanting to boast of yourself. You’d rather let the lips of another…

Job 30 Summary: So, in Job chapter 29 we witnessed Job wishing for the “good old days.” He was reminiscing on all of the wonderful things that God used to do for him. And then he was contrasting what his life had become. But he didn’t get too much into the details of how his…

Job 29 Summary: I think that many or probably all of us have heard people wistfully speak of the “good old days.” Maybe you yourself have engaged in that kind of speech. And I think the older we get, the more likely we are to longingly think of times gone by. And one reason for…

Job 28 Commentary: It must have been a few years ago that I lost my wallet for over a week. I thought it was in the car, but I searched there several times with no luck. I was about to start calling my financial institutions and having them cancel my cards and things like that…

Job 27 Commentary: The late Stephen Covey in his popular book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People tells of his own personal experience giving a perception test to numerous audiences. His test involved showing a picture of an old woman to half of the group and a young woman to the other half. But…

Job 26 Commentary: Have you ever been party to an argument in which both people are making the same points – but somehow amazingly both are in disagreement? Well, this is exactly the situation that the biblical character Job finds himself in – in Job chapter 26. So let’s turn our attention to Job 26.…