Job 16:6-17:16

‘There is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure’(16:17). Is this no more than Job’s own opinion of himself? No! It is much more than that. It is also God’s view of Job: ‘my witness is in heaven, and He that vouches for me is on high’(16:19). When suffering comes our way, we can become bitter - blaming God and turning away from Him - or we can become better - ‘the righteous holds to his way, and he that has clean hands grows stronger and stronger’(17:9). What makes the difference? - It is ‘God’s love...poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit’(Romans 5:3-5). Seeing our suffering in the light of God’s love, we say, with faith, ‘Nothing will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord’(Romans 8:35-39). Let His love lead you from the bitter way to the better way.

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