DCLM Daily Manna Wednesday, May 4, 2022
TOPIC: Wrong Imaginations
TEXT: JOB 21:22-34
KEY VERSE: “Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me” (JOB 21:27).
DCLM Daily Manna Wednesday, May 4, 2022 OUTLINE
During a visit to an electronic factory in Scotland in 1999, the late Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip, saw a messy fuse box and said it looked “as though it was put in by an Indian”. Within hours, Buckingham Palace had to apologise to the nation of India. His statement was considered racist and uncomplimentary. He once asked a wealthy islander in Cayman Islands, “Aren’t most of you descended from pirates?” Another example of hasty conclusions without facts.
Job’s three friends also jumped to a conclusion that he was suffering because of his sins. In our text, he faulted his three friends for their wrong perceptions about him. Their rush to condemn without knowing the details about his predicaments was very painful to him. He referred to them earlier as miserable comforters and counsellors. In this chapter, he accused them of putting up cynical devices and falsehood.
Like the late Prince of Edinburgh, anyone can be tempted to make a conclusion based on how things appear. We need, however, to understand that situations vary and innocent people sometimes suffer wrongly.
We should be careful how we reduce people’s lives to a single story. Things are not always the way they appear outwardly. We should be kind while dealing with people, especially while comforting the bereaved. It is important to pray and have a clear understanding from God before rushing to a conclusion. Words can heal or hurt, lift up people or rift them apart. Let our speech be always with grace and seasoned with salt (Colossians 4:6).
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Weigh your words and think deep before you speak.
THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: 1 SAMUEL 15-16
