The Lord can speak His “Shalom!” to the storm. Or, as the storm rages, He can speak peace to us! Elihu isn’t finished with the cloud motif. He’s portrayed the clouds as the paradoxical agents of God, sometimes bringing life-supporting rain, sometimes wreaking havoc. Now in Job 37:1-13, instead of speaking of the God who rules the […]
Read More… from November 20, 2025 — Rain Or Shine, God Is Mine!
“O Lord God of my master Abraham, please give me success this day, and show kindness to my master Abraham.…And it happened, before he had finished speaking…” (Gen 24:12, 15). This wouldn’t be the last prayer for a wife! Abraham’s unnamed servant—probably Eliezer of Damascus, but perhaps left unnamed for the typical link with the […]
“The Lord has His way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of His feet” (Nah 1:3). Do you feel it’s time for a parable? Elihu thinks so (Job 36:24-33). So sit back and relax. Look out at the sky and watch a magnificent storm rolling in. The young man […]
“And David said, ‘O Lord, I pray, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!’” (2 Sam 15:31). The wisdom of the world does not fare well in Scripture. “For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God” (1 Cor 3:19). The noun “sophomore,” used of those who have survived their first year of university, […]
“In all their affliction He was afflicted, and the Angel of His Presence saved them” (Isa 63:9). Some would say in the southern United States that in Job 36:16-23 Elihu has stopped preachin’ and gone to meddlin’. He is no longer speaking in general terms but is specifically addressing Job. The previous verse (v 15) says, “He […]
Read More… from November 18, 2025 — How God Rescues The Afflicted
“Therefore we also pray always for you that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfill all the good pleasure of His goodness and the work of faith with power, that the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and you in Him, according to the grace of […]
How motivating it is to know that the God of heaven is slow to anger but eager to forgive! We’ve now arrived at Elihu’s fourth and final speech. Although his contribution seems one long message subdivided by topics, this section is prefaced by the words, “Elihu also proceeded and said” (Job 36:1). You see something similar at […]
“Consider my affliction and deliver me, for I do not forget Your law. Plead my cause and redeem me; revive me according to Your word” (Ps 119:153-154). I think we need to remind ourselves that the Lord never sees the distresses of His children without exactly understanding their situation and extending to them His help. […]
“Now I beg you, brethren, through the Lord Jesus Christ, and through the love of the Spirit, that you strive together with me in prayers to God for me” (Rom 15:30). The word “strive,” when Anglicized, becomes agonize and literally means “to struggle in competing for a prize, or figuratively, to contend with an adversary.” […]