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Read Through the Bible
Day 5: Job 1-2
“Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped, And said, Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord. In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly” (Job 1:20-22)
“But [Job] said unto [his wife], Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips” (Job 2:10).
Both of these scriptures stood out to me as models for how to respond in suffering.
Matthew Henry notes, “[Job] was sincere in his religion; he was perfect; not sinless, as he himself owns (Job 9:20)If I say I am perfect, I shall be proved perverse. But, having a respect to all God’s commandments, aiming at perfection, he was really as good as he seemed to be, and did not dissemble in his profession of piety; his heart was sound and his eye single. Sincerity is gospel perfection. I [Matthew Henry] know no religion without it” (3).
Here Job’s sincerity is tested, and he is proved faithful.
This is challenging. How will I react in the face of adversity? Will my heart prove true.
Oh, Lord, please make my heart true and sincere. Draw me close to you. In Jesus name, I pray. Amen.
Henry, Matthew. “Volume 3: Job to Song of Solomon.” Matthew Henry’s Commentary On the Whole Bible: New Modern Edition. Hendrickson Publishers, Inc., March 1996.
Holy Bible: Giant Print with Study Aids. Dugan Publishers, Inc., 1984.
© 2025 Angela Hormberg
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