Scripture Union Daily Guide – 30 October 2025: Today’s Devotional Reading and Reflection – Thursday
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TOPIC: God rewards faithfulness
Opening Prayer
Lord, I pray that you lead me into your truth as I meditate on your word in Jesus name.
Scripture Reading
Job 42:1-17
1 Then Job answered the Lord and said:
2 “I know that You can do everything,
And that no purpose of Yours can be withheld from You.
3 You asked, ‘Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge?’
Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand,
Things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.
4 Listen, please, and let me speak;
You said, ‘I will question you, and you shall answer Me.’
5 “I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear,
But now my eye sees You.
6 Therefore I abhor[a] myself,
And repent in dust and ashes.”
7 And so it was, after the Lord had spoken these words to Job, that the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is aroused against you and your two friends, for you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has. 8 Now therefore, take for yourselves seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and My servant Job shall pray for you. For I will accept [b]him, lest I deal with you according to your folly; because you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has.”
9 So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went and did as the Lord commanded them; for the Lord had [c]accepted Job. 10 And the Lord [d]restored Job’s losses when he prayed for his friends. Indeed the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before. 11 Then all his brothers, all his sisters, and all those who had been his acquaintances before, came to him and ate food with him in his house; and they consoled him and comforted him for all the adversity that the Lord had brought upon him. Each one gave him a piece of silver and each a ring of gold.
12 Now the Lord blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning; for he had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, one thousand yoke of oxen, and one thousand female donkeys. 13 He also had seven sons and three daughters. 14 And he called the name of the first [e]Jemimah, the name of the second [f]Keziah, and the name of the third [g]Keren-Happuch. 15 In all the land were found no women so beautiful as the daughters of Job; and their father gave them an inheritance among their brothers.
16 After this Job lived one hundred and forty years, and saw his children and grandchildren for four generations. 17 So Job died, old and full of days.
Questions for Meditation
► Q2: Is there any example for me to follow or not to follow?
► Q7: What truth is God revealing to me in this passage?
This chapter gives us the conclusion of Job’s experience with and response to God. Notice how he responded to God in Job 42:2,3b,4-5. When we truly experience God, in almost all cases, we are led into deep repentance and commitment to Him. See Isaiah 6:5 for an example.
Read again Job 42:7-9. Job’s three friends Eliphaz, Bildad and Zophar had used lofty expressions according to the worldviews of their days to try to comfort and confront Job in his sufferings. Find some of these in the text such as Job 4.
In God’s sight these expressions were not satisfactory. It is the word of God that comforts and heals and not mere worldview philosophies. See Romans 15:4. The willingness of Job to pray for his friends despite their hurting comments against him is a challenge to us.
Job 42:10-17: And the Lord restored the fortunes of Job (Job 42:10). Find from this reading how many ways are indicated in the restoration. Job was rewarded with twice what he lost, even the number of his children was doubled! Christians are encouraged to remain faithful to the Lord to the end. See Revelation 2:10 for the Lord’s promise to believers in Christ who remain faithful to the end.
And So
Make up your mind to remain faithful to Christ till He appears the second time.
Insight
* Any new insight or reinforcement of what you already know?
Closing Prayer
Keep me true, Lord Jesus, keep me true.
Prayer of Faith
Offer a prayer of faith in line with
One Year Bible Reading Plan
Psalms 90-93; Proverbs 5.
One Year Bible Reading Plan – Hard Copy version
Luke 18
Prayer Bulletin – Thu Oct 30, 2025
PRAYER FOCUS
PERSONAL
“There is a real opportunity here for great and worthwhile work, even though there are many opponents” 1Cor. 16:9
THANK GOD FOR:
* The opportunities you had ever gotten, and great favour from the Lord Almighty, to trust and serve Him continuously. • Grace that kept you moving in the midst of daily battles, yet trusting.
PRAY FOR:
* Increased strength in Christ to help you stop the opposing forces that would not want you to progress • Your very person, that you will never be a stumbling block to stop yourself from moving to the goal ahead of you. • Commit the month of November and all its days to God, declare that only His Counsel will stand in Jesus Christ name.
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