Scripture Union Daily Guide – 24 August 2025: Today’s Devotional Reading and Reflection – Sunday
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TOPIC: “We know in part…”
Opening Prayer
Plant my steps in the sure promises of your word today, dear Lord.
Scripture Reading
Job 6:1-30 (Common English Bible)
1 Job responded:
2 Oh, that my grief were actually weighed,
all of it were lifted up in scales;
3 for now it’s heavier than the sands of the sea;
therefore, my words are rash.[a]
4 The Almighty’s arrows are in me;
my spirit drinks their poison,
and God’s terrors are arrayed against me.
5 Does a donkey bray over grass
or an ox bellow over its fodder?
6 Is tasteless food eaten without salt,
or does egg white[b] have taste?
7 I refuse to touch them;
they resemble food for the sick.
8 Oh, that what I’ve requested would come
and God grant my hope;
9 that God be willing to crush me,
release his hand and cut me off.
10 I’d still take comfort,
relieved[c] even though in persistent pain;
for I’ve not denied the words of the holy one.
11 What is my strength, that I should hope;
my end, that my life should drag on?
12 Is my strength that of rocks,
my flesh bronze?
13 I don’t have a helper for myself;
success has been taken from me.
14 Are friends loyal to the one who despairs,[d]
or do they stop fearing the Almighty?
15 My companions are treacherous like a stream in the desert,
like channels that overrun their streambeds,
16 like those darkened by thawing ice,
in which snow is obscured
17 but that stop flowing in dry times
and vanish from their channels in heat.
18 Caravans turn aside from their paths;
they go up into untamed areas and perish.
19 Caravans from Tema look;
merchants from Sheba hope for it.
20 They are ashamed that they trusted;
they arrive and are dismayed.
21 That’s what you are like;[e]
you see something awful and are afraid.
22 Have I said, “Give me something?
Offer a bribe from your wealth for me?
23 Rescue me from the hand of my enemy?
Ransom me from the grip of the ruthless?”
24 Instruct me and I’ll be quiet;
inform me how I’ve erred.
25 How painful are truthful words,
but what do your condemnations accomplish?
26 Do you intend to correct my words,
to treat the words of a hopeless man as wind?
27 Would you even gamble over an orphan,
barter away your friend?
28 Now look at me—
would I lie to your face?
29 Turn! Don’t be faithless.
Turn now! I am righteous.
30 Is there wrong on my tongue,
or can my mouth not recognize disaster?
Question for Meditation
► Q5: Is there any warning for me to heed?
Scripture Union Daily Guide – 24 August 2025: Outline
Job’s sufferings were terrible (Job 6:2-4). He was an ordinary human being at the limits of human endurance (Job 6:12-13). He wished he were dead, but look at his reason for that in Job 6:10! He wanted to die not because his sufferings were too much but rather because he was afraid he might deny God on account of his sufferings. Job knew he had not sinned.
God knew he had not sinned. And Satan too knew he had not sinned. His friends, however, did not know. Far from being helpful, therefore, their wrongful words of advice only added to his sorrows (Job 6:21). Thus, he felt obliged to respond to the well-meaning but erroneous counsel from Eliphaz and his other friends. He challenged them to show him what he had done wrong (Job 6:24-26).
We cannot fully understand details of matters that affect us directly, how much less matters that have to do with other people! This is why we need to be extra careful in passing judgment when a brother or sister is in trouble, and we wish to help them. If we are not careful, our well-meaning ignorance can do more harm than good!
Insight
* Any new insight or reinforcement of what you already know?
Hymn: When I shall fall asleep
1. Some day the sun of life will set,
And I shall fall asleep,
And, leaving all that I hold dear,
Will find the silence deep:
That mystery which, still unsolved,
God and His angels know,
And those who walk the crystal streams
Where heav’nly breezes blow,
Where grief nor sorrow ever come,
Nor trouble’s billows sweep;
Some day the Reaper will appear,
And I shall fall asleep.
2. Some day the cares of life will cease,
And I shall fall asleep,
And, passing from you, I shall see
Afar the golden street,
And sainted forms of those who dwell
Upon the other shore,
Behold the loves ones who from us
Awhile have gone before;
Where soft and cooling pathways lie,
Where none shall ever weep—
Some day the hour for me will come,
And I shall fall asleep.
3. Some day my work will all be done,
And I shall fall asleep,
But O what joy to know that I
Shall wake to never weep!
For where I go we know that God
Has promised perfect rest
And peace for every aching heart,
And every troubled breast;
And love more lasting than our own
He’ll give to me to keep,
When all my burdens are laid down,
And I have gone to sleep.
Closing Prayer
Do you know a child of God who is going through some personal struggles right now? Take time to pray for them.
One Year Bible Reading Plan
Jeremiah 43-45.
One Year Bible Reading Plan – Hard Copy version: Jeremiah 51-52
NATIONAL PRAYER BULLETIN 24TH AUGUST 2025
PRAYER FOCUS
CONVENTION VENUE (NCOFO)
“And I will encamp round my house because of the army…” Zech. 9:8
THANK GOD FOR:
* The blessing of the National Camp of Faith, Okigwe, to SU Nigeria. • All the effort made to get the camp ready for the Convention • Providing resources for renovations, equipping and the likes
PRAY FOR:
* This venue will be conducive in all ramifications for the meeting • All the facilities will perform to their best capacity. • The peace of God will reign throughout the camp and the environs • The cloud of God’s presence will fill the camp
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