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Sunday, March 25, 2007

Job 1:1-5

1:1 There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job, and that man was blameless and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil. There were born to him seven sons and three daughters. He possessed 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, and 500 female donkeys, and very many servants, so that this man was the greatest of all the people of the east. His sons used to go and hold a feast in the house of each one on his day, and they would send and invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them. And when the days of the feast had run their course, Job would send and consecrate them, and he would rise early in the morning and offer burnt offerings according to the number of them all. For Job said, “It may be that my children have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts.” Thus Job did continually. (ESV)

by Dale E. Rood

The character of Job is defined. Not only is he a man of integrity, he is a committed father who has deep concern for the righteousness of his children. Perhaps he was even a little too fatherly to his children. We can almost hear the tension-filled music building in the background hinting at an impending disaster. Do you sometimes feel like things are going so well that you also are heading toward a crash? Patience, my friend. You are not Job. But even if you are like Job, be sure that God has not forsaken you.



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Daily Bible Meditations are taken from The Helping Hand,a Sabbath School student quarterly for youth and adults. Copyright © 2008, Seventh Day Baptist Board of Christian Education, Inc.

Scripture quotations marked "ESV" are taken from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. Copyright ©2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Text provided by the Crossway Bibles Web Service .