Morning Shot

Morning Shot

By Joel StrahanReligion & SpiritualityChristianity
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  • JANUARY 28, DAY 28

    In today’s reading of Tyndale’s OYCSB (with featured content written by the CBT team),

    Elihu angrily rebukes the four men who speak idle words about God. He is zealous for God's name, and he defends God's character. For Elihu, there may not be a good explanation for Job's suffering. However, none of the men should waiver while thinking about God's justice.
    When God is being accused of perverting justice, things have gotten way out of hand. Elihu is furious about it. So the young man speaks...possibly he yells!

    Let’s dive into today’s reading!

    12 min
  • JANUARY 27, DAY 27

    In today’s reading of Tyndale’s OYCSB (with featured content written by the CBT team),

    Job continues his lament from yesterday’s reading. He is depressed—for good reason!
    He continues to struggle because he believes God is acting to destroy him. He understands what faith looks like when manifested in works. And he despairs in his circumstance because he believes his faith should determine his circumstance.

    Let’s dive into today’s reading!

    9 min
  • JANUARY 26, DAY 26

    In today’s reading of Tyndale’s OYCSB (with featured content written by the CBT team),

    Job lashes out at his friends one last time. Then he laments the loss of his peace, family, wealth, honor, and influence.
    God is approaching in a storm. He will speak and put an end to broken relationships and sorrow.
    The friend's accusations today will be forgiven. God will demand that Job pray for them rather than lash out against them. We must read today’s text in light of what God will do in the future.

    Let’s dive into today’s reading!

    9 min
  • JANUARY 25, DAY 25

    In today’s reading of Tyndale’s OYCSB (with featured content written by the CBT team),

    Eliphaz wrongly builds a theology that holds to a god who does not love or value those created in his image. Bildad adds to this theology that his god glories in his power and dreadfulness. These men doom man to reflect the glory of terror.
    Job also confuses the correct view of God’s sovereignty because He attempts to define God’s character through the lens of his circumstances.

    Let’s dive into today’s reading!

    10 min
  • JANUARY 24, DAY 24

    In today’s reading of Tyndale’s OYCSB (with featured content written by the CBT team),

    The introductory commentary directs our attention to the realities of navigating suffering and loss. Scripture allows us to identify with Job’s crisis journey. It is a hills and valleys pathway of both self-pity and desperate hope in God. Let me remind you of what the commentary says:

    “Experiencing loss (of family, friends, or health) can create an atmosphere ripe for either drowning in self-pity and blame or reflecting deeply about life and death and looking toward God with hope and trust. Job does both.”

    Let’s dive into today’s reading!

    8 min
  • JANUARY 23, DAY 23

    In today’s reading of Tyndale’s OYCSB (with featured content written by the CBT team),

    The conversation turns intimately personal as the men jockey for intellectual superiority. Attempts to outdo one another with wisdom always require the destruction of one’s character.
    Friends become foes in religious doctrinal arguments. Man becomes the final authority for correct belief, and circumstance becomes the dictator of what God is doing.
    False teachers value their proving others are wrong rather than helping others submit to God. They spend their energy attempting to hear the words, “You are wise.”

    Let’s dive into today’s reading!

    8 min
  • JANUARY 22, DAY 22

    In today’s reading of Tyndale’s OYCSB (with featured content written by the CBT team),

    Job responds to Zophar out of deep suffering. He is suffering the loss of all he owned, his children, and his influence among people. He is a broken man.
    The introductory commentary sets the context for our processing of Job’s words.
    “The book of Job permits sufferers to think things through, to ponder out loud, to face their fears, and to express their deep grief. Job’s honest words echo the thoughts of all sufferers.”

    Let’s dive into today’s reading!

    9 min
  • JANUARY 21, DAY 21

    In today’s reading of Tyndale’s OYCSB (with featured content written by the CBT team),

    The dialogue between Job and his friends escalates into a full-blown theological argument. Like many theological arguments, this debate digresses into a competition to prove who is wiser.
    Remember that at the beginning of this story, God calls Job His servant. At the end of the story, God will call Job His servant. Yet, Job is unaware of what is really happening. He is forced to by faith navigate his friends accusations and theological frameworks. Job’s response to Bildad works out and considers the god his friends have imagined. He accurately breaks down the error in their arguments while continuing to speak from an anguishing heart.

    Let’s dive into today’s reading!

    8 min
  • JANUARY 20, DAY 20

    In today’s reading of Tyndale’s OYCSB (with featured content written by the CBT team),

    • Eliphaz’s words make matters worse for Job. He is convinced Job’s circumstance is the result of sin. He believes Job should make his case to God, allow God to expose his sin, and be restored.
    • It is tiresome to read Eliphaz’s advice based on his own life experience and supposed mystical encounter with a spirit, but his arrogant testimony about God’s character serves as a warning to anyone wanting to teach others about God without a knowledge of God.
    • Job defends himself before his friend’s accusation and pleads with God to end his suffering. He admits he spoke at first impulsively, and he fails to emerge from impulsiveness!

      • Let’s dive into today’s reading!

      7 min
    • JANUARY 19, DAY 19

      In today’s reading of Tyndale’s OYCSB (with featured content written by the CBT team),

      • The story of Job occurs in the Patriarch Era. The story traces the reality of what is really happening—what God knows to be true—and the struggle of men who perceive what they believe is happening.
      • Job’s story can be difficult to navigate because a large amount of text is given to theological discussion filled with truths and errors. Don’t get frustrated or bogged down attempting to make sense of every right and wrong thing that flies from man’s lips in this story.
      • Instead, remember that God is answering Satan’s challenge that man’s faith lacks integrity. This is what is really happening.
      • Job and his friends are struggling to find a reason for suffering and a response to suffering. Man’s perception of reality is flawed, based on incomplete information.
      • In the end, God proves that His character and His terms for salvation He makes known to man are sufficient for a very real response of faith. Man’s faith is also sufficient to help us navigate the suffering present in life outside the Garden.

        • Let’s dive into today’s reading!

        9 min

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