JOB 42:10 And the LORD restored Job’s losses when he prayed for his friends. Indeed the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before. In my office in Lincoln, Nebraska, I have on my desk two boomerangs from Australia. One is the genuine article, the other is a...
Job 37:23-24 “As for the Almighty, we cannot find Him; He is excellent in power, in judgment and abundant justice; He does not oppress. Therefore men fear Him; He shows no partiality to any who are wise of heart.” Gandhi says in his autobiography that in his student days he...
Job 34:21-22 “For His eyes are on the ways of man, and He sees all his steps. There is no darkness nor shadow of death where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.” Have you noticed that when people try to hide from trouble they rarely succeed? A true story...
Job 34:10 “Therefore listen to me, you men of understanding: Far be it from God to do wickedness, and from the Almighty to commit iniquity.” A man was handing out business cards that read, “Federman and Coe, Merchants.” When asked about his partner the man admitted there was no such...
Job 32:9 “Great men are not always wise, nor do the aged always understand justice.” When we buy a product, especially an expensive item such as an automobile or a computer, we want to know what guarantees come with it. What does the company that made the item promise to...
Job 31:24-25, 28 “If I have made gold my hope, or said to fine gold, ‘You are my confidence’; if I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gained much; . . . this also would be an iniquity worthy of judgment, for I would...
Job 31:1 “I have made a covenant with my eyes; why then should I look upon a young woman?” Millie Dienert worked with the Billy Graham evangelistic team for 40 years. She commented, “I have always appreciated from a moral point of view how the men have been in their...
Job 28:12, 28 “But where can wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?” And to man He said, “Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to depart from evil is understanding.” A young man got into financial difficulty by loaning a friend in another...
Job 20:4-5 “Do you not know this of old, since man was placed on earth, that the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite is but for a moment?” John Bunyan was a Puritan preacher and author of the classic Pilgrim’s Progress. A local magistrate...
Job 19:25 For I know that my Redeemer lives, and He shall stand at last on the earth. Some years ago an article appeared in National Geographic magazine that told of a young man from Hanover, Pennsylvania, who was badly burned in a boiler explosion. To save his life, physicians...