Devotion 466
“The Vocabulary Of Faith”
Reference: Job Chapter 30
Faith never looks to self.
Hebrews 12:2 “Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.”
Unbelief is when we look to anything else other than the finished work of God.
Job picks his wounds.
Let’s read:
Job 30:1-9 “But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock. [2] Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom old age was perished? [3] For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste. [4] Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat. [5] They were driven forth from among men, (they cried after them as after a thief;) [6] To dwell in the clifts of the valleys, in caves of the earth, and in the rocks. [7] Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they were gathered together. [8] They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth. [9] And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.”
The child of God in Christ is never a byword, for the Word of God dwells in you.
Job was looking to Job (sight) and not the God who was next to Him (faith).
We continue our reading:
Job 30:10 “They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my face.”
Faith does not look to others.
Faith looks exclusively to God Who did not spit on Job nor flee from him.
Anchored in faith, we can praise the Lord in every circumstance. For we know by faith that everything the child of God goes through is for their good.
Everything!
Romans 8:28 “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.”
We continue our reading:
Job 30:11-23 “Because he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also let loose the bridle before me. [12] Upon my right hand rise the youth; they push away my feet, and they raise up against me the ways of their destruction. [13] They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they have no helper. [14] They came upon me as a wide breaking in of waters: in the desolation they rolled themselves upon me. [15] Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud. [16] And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me. [17] My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest. [18] By the great force of my disease is my garment changed: it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat. [19] He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes. [20] I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me not. [21] Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me. [22] Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride upon it, and dissolvest my substance. [23] For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.”
Me, me, me.
Afflicted me.
Against me.
My calamity.
Rolled upon me.
Cruel to me, and so on.
Faith has no “me” in his or her vocabulary. The vocabulary of faith is Him.
We see Him not us.
We conclude our reading:
Job 30:24-31 “Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction. [25] Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor? [26] When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness. [27] My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction prevented me. [28] I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the congregation. [29] I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls. [30] My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat. [31] My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep.”
The vocabulary of pride, doubt and unbelief is “me”. Humility and faith points to Him .
Not what happens to us but what happened to Him.
Not what we can do but what He has done.
Not what we have but what He has.
Not what we are but Who He is.
Not our will but His.
Not our plans but His mind.
Not us given Him our life but Him given us His life.
Living, He loved me.
Dying, He saved me.
Buried, He carried my sins far away.
Rising, He justified freely forever
One day, He’s coming back
Oh, what a glorious day.
Express yourself in Him. BELIEVE and confess Christ the Word as we’ve revealed Him from the First Adam. It’s all about Him, in Christ!
Reference: Job Chapter 30
Faith never looks to self.
Hebrews 12:2 “Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.”
Unbelief is when we look to anything else other than the finished work of God.
Job picks his wounds.
Let’s read:
Job 30:1-9 “But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock. [2] Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom old age was perished? [3] For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste. [4] Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat. [5] They were driven forth from among men, (they cried after them as after a thief;) [6] To dwell in the clifts of the valleys, in caves of the earth, and in the rocks. [7] Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they were gathered together. [8] They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth. [9] And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.”
The child of God in Christ is never a byword, for the Word of God dwells in you.
Job was looking to Job (sight) and not the God who was next to Him (faith).
We continue our reading:
Job 30:10 “They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my face.”
Faith does not look to others.
Faith looks exclusively to God Who did not spit on Job nor flee from him.
Anchored in faith, we can praise the Lord in every circumstance. For we know by faith that everything the child of God goes through is for their good.
Everything!
Romans 8:28 “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.”
We continue our reading:
Job 30:11-23 “Because he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also let loose the bridle before me. [12] Upon my right hand rise the youth; they push away my feet, and they raise up against me the ways of their destruction. [13] They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they have no helper. [14] They came upon me as a wide breaking in of waters: in the desolation they rolled themselves upon me. [15] Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud. [16] And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me. [17] My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest. [18] By the great force of my disease is my garment changed: it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat. [19] He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes. [20] I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me not. [21] Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me. [22] Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride upon it, and dissolvest my substance. [23] For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.”
Me, me, me.
Afflicted me.
Against me.
My calamity.
Rolled upon me.
Cruel to me, and so on.
Faith has no “me” in his or her vocabulary. The vocabulary of faith is Him.
We see Him not us.
We conclude our reading:
Job 30:24-31 “Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction. [25] Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor? [26] When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness. [27] My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction prevented me. [28] I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the congregation. [29] I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls. [30] My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat. [31] My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep.”
The vocabulary of pride, doubt and unbelief is “me”. Humility and faith points to Him .
Not what happens to us but what happened to Him.
Not what we can do but what He has done.
Not what we have but what He has.
Not what we are but Who He is.
Not our will but His.
Not our plans but His mind.
Not us given Him our life but Him given us His life.
Living, He loved me.
Dying, He saved me.
Buried, He carried my sins far away.
Rising, He justified freely forever
One day, He’s coming back
Oh, what a glorious day.
Express yourself in Him. BELIEVE and confess Christ the Word as we’ve revealed Him from the First Adam. It’s all about Him, in Christ!
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