Scripture Union Daily Guide – 25 August 2025: Today’s Devotional Reading and Reflection – Monday
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TOPIC: Long, sleepless nights
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Opening Prayer
Sanctify my life dear Lord as I study your word in Jesus name.
Scripture Reading
Job 7:1-21
1 Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling?
2 As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work:
3 So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.
4 When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.
5 My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome.
6 My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope.
7 O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good.
8 The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not.
9 As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more.
10 He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.
11 Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
12 Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?
13 When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaints;
14 Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions:
15 So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.
16 I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.
17 What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?
18 And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every moment?
19 How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?
20 I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?
21 And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.
Question for Meditation
► Q2: Is there any example for me to follow or not to follow?
Scripture Union Daily Guide – 25 August 2025: Outline
There are two parts to this chapter. First, in Job 7:1-10. He seems to ignore his friends with all their ignorance; and so, he talks to himself. With all his riches and in his privileged position, in what way was he different from a hired labourer or even a slave (Job 7:1-3)?
The slave grinds through the hardship of the long working day looking forward to the end of another pointless day. The labourer works all day longing for the end of the working day when he would be paid. For Job, each day passes quickly but without hope (Job 7:6).
As for the night, that is another matter! Have you experienced a night in pain, with toothache, for example? That is what Job describes in Job 7:4-6, only worse! His own waiting lasts months on end with nothing to show for it but still more suffering.
Then, secondly, in Job 7:11, he turns to God; and he pours out his anguish. See how he confronts God directly in Job 7:13-14. How would you answer his question in Job 7:17? He seems to have doubts in Job 7:20. Perhaps, he has committed sins, unknown to him. Even in this, he has the right attitude (Job 7:21).
And So
Do you have complaints against God in your life today? Tell Him about it directly!
Insight
* Any new insight or reinforcement of what you already know?
One Year Bible Reading Plan
Jeremiah 46-48.
One Year Bible Reading Plan – Hard Copy version: Lamentations 1-2
NATIONAL PRAYER BULLETIN 25TH AUGUST 2025
PRAYER FOCUS
MEDIA TEAM
“I will lift up my eyes unto the hills, from where comes my help. My help comes from the Lord, who makes the heaven and earth”. Psalm 121:1-2
THANK GOD FOR:
* The media Team ably led by the Web master, for the great work they’ve been doing in getting ready for the Convention technologically • Provision of resources to acquire necessary gadgets to cover the program, and for life-streaming for those who will be joining online
PRAY FOR:
* Wisdom and grace they need to do a beautiful and good standard coverage of the program • God’s hand to rest on all the gadgets and equipment, that they will not malfunction • That we shall not experience any power outage that will damage any of the equipment
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