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The Topic of Chuck Swindoll Daily Devotional 25th February 2024 is “Set Free”.
Scriptures: Job 42:1–11
TODAY’S INSIGHT – 25TH FEBRUARY 2024.
After the LORD had finished speaking to Job, he said to Eliphaz the Temanite: “I am angry with you and your two friends, for you have not spoken accurately about me, as my servant Job has. So take seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and offer a burnt offering for yourselves. My servant Job will pray for you, and I will accept his prayer on your behalf. I will not treat you as you deserve, for you have not spoken accurately about me, as my servant Job has.” (Job 42:7–8)
Did you miss something? If you take the time to read the biblical account, you’ll see that God gives Job the same title four times: “My servant” (Job 42:7–8). What an honorable title. He had it before the suffering began (Job 1:8), and he has it still. Job’s heroic endurance resulted in his keeping the same title in God’s estimation. Talk about justice rolling down. Job must have been deeply gratified to hear these words spoken in the ears of those who had spent so many days putting him down: “My servant Job has spoken what is right.”
Here are these men who earlier stood over Job as judges, now getting the required animals and bowing before the Lord with their offerings, waiting for Job to pray for them. Isn’t this a great scene? We’ve been waiting so long to see it! And how healthy it was for those three to make it right, not only before God, but with Job! It is good for us to confess our wrongdoing to those we have offended. It is right for us to say by our actions that we have done what is wrong as we seek forgiveness.
Job obeys the Lord once these men have done their part. Eliphaz and Bildad and Zophar “went and did as the LORD told them; and the LORD accepted Job” (Job 42:9). They did it rather quickly. There was no arguing, no wrestling, no reluctance. Furthermore, they did exactly as the Lord required. And so did Job. Graciously, he prayed for each one. There’s no bitterness on his part. He doesn’t say, “Okay, kneel down. You guys have put me through hell. I’m gonna see what you look like when you’re humbled. Kneel down there—get on your faces!” There’s none of that. Remember? A contrite heart makes no demands of others.
Yes, it’s a grand scene! You know why it’s happening? Sins are being forgiven. Guilt is being removed. That’s what happens when justice and mercy are blended.
How beautifully this portrays what happened at the cross. That’s why the death of Christ is called “efficacious.” It is effective, because God’s justice against sin was once and for all satisfied in the death of the Lamb. And as a result, God’s mercy is released in the forgiveness of those who trust in the Lamb. And we are then set free. Free at last!
About Chuck Swindoll Daily Devotional “Today’s Insight”.
Today’s Insight is written by Chucks Swindoll. Chuck Swindoll has devoted his life to the accurate, practical teaching and application of God’s Word and His grace. Since 1988 he has served as the founder and senior pastor-teacher of Stonebriar Community Church in Texas, but his listening audience extends far beyond a local church body. The radio broadcast of this devotional program has aired for more than 35 years. Read more.
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