Scripture Union Daily Guide – 31 August 2025: Today’s Devotional Reading and Reflection – Sunday
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TOPIC: I don’t get it, God!
Opening Prayer
Oh Lord, grant me spiritual insight into the truth of your word as I study it.
Bible Text
Job 13:1-28 (GNT)
1-2 Everything you say, I have heard before.
I understand it all; I know as much as you do.
I’m not your inferior.
3 But my dispute is with God, not you;
I want to argue my case with him.
4 You cover up your ignorance with lies;
you are like doctors who can’t heal anyone.
5 Say nothing, and someone may think you are wise!
6 Listen while I state my case.
7 Why are you lying?
Do you think your lies will benefit God?
8 Are you trying to defend him?
Are you going to argue his case in court?
9 If God looks at you closely, will he find anything good?
Do you think you can fool God the way you fool others?
10 Even though your prejudice is hidden,
he will reprimand you,
11 and his power will fill you with terror.
12 Your proverbs are as useless as ashes;
your arguments are as weak as clay.
13 Be quiet and give me a chance to speak,
and let the results be what they will.
14 I am[a] ready to risk my life.
15 I’ve lost all hope, so what if God kills me?
I am going to state my case to him.
16 It may even be that my boldness will save me,
since no wicked person would dare to face God.
17 Now listen to my words of explanation.
18 I am ready to state my case,
because I know I am in the right.
19 Are you coming to accuse me, God?
If you do, I am ready to be silent and die.
20 Let me ask for two things; agree to them,
and I will not try to hide from you:
21 stop punishing me, and don’t crush me with terror.
22 Speak first, O God, and I will answer.
Or let me speak, and you answer me.
23 What are my sins? What wrongs have I done?
What crimes am I charged with?
24 Why do you avoid me?
Why do you treat me like an enemy?
25 Are you trying to frighten me? I’m nothing but a leaf;
you are attacking a piece of dry straw.
26 You bring bitter charges against me,
even for what I did when I was young.
27 You bind chains on my feet;
you watch every step I take,
and even examine my footprints.
28 As a result, I crumble like rotten wood,
like a moth-eaten coat.
Meditation Question
► Q2: Is there any example for me to follow or not to follow?
Scripture Union Daily Guide – 31st August 2025 OUTLINE
It was St Teresa of Avila who said to God: “If this is how you treat your friends, it is no wonder you have so few!” It is a statement Job too could well have made. He wanted to speak to God directly instead of talking to his friends who were proving to be worthless physicians (Job 13:13). They were only adding insult to injury as their words were only adding to his agony instead of bringing healing to his suffering (Job 13:3-4). They bring to mind a prayer of Yoruba people to their Orisha divinity, “If you will not improve my fortune, leave me the way you found me!”
Wisely, therefore, Job turned his plea once again to God. What two things did he request (Job 13:20-21)? Look at his many other questions in Job 13:23-25. Not realising that all his sins had been forgiven (Job 13:26), what else could he have done? What do you do when you do not know what else to do? When a man is flat on his back, all he can do is to look up. That was what Job did.
Insight
• Any new insight or reinforcement of what you already know?
HYMN: Blessed assurance
1. Blessèd assurance, Jesus is mine!
O what a foretaste of glory divine!
Heir of salvation, purchase of God,
Born of His Spirit, washed in His blood.
Refrain: This is my story, this is my song,
Praising my Savior, all the day long;
This is my story, this is my song,
Praising my Savior, all the day long.
2. Perfect submission, perfect delight,
Visions of rapture now burst on my sight;
Angels descending bring from above
Echoes of mercy, whispers of love.
3. Perfect submission, all is at rest
I in my Savior am happy and blest,
Watching and waiting, looking above,
Filled with His goodness, lost in His love
Closing Prayer
Do you know any child of God currently facing serious problems. Pray for him to have the grace to turn to God who alone can rescue him from despair.
One Year Bible Reading Plan
Ezekiel 4-6.
One Year Bible Reading Plan – Hard Copy version
Ezekiel 16-17
National Prayer Bulletin – Sun Aug 31, 2025
PRAYER FOCUS
2025 SU NATIONAL CONVENTION ENDED
“Unto you O God, do we give thanks…”. Psalm 75:1
THANK GOD FOR:
• His mercies and all that He did for us throughout the Convention • The gains of the Convention that shall remain permanent in our lives
PRAY FOR:
• Journey mercies back to our different destinations • Renewal of strength to everyone who laboured during the Convention • For every one of us His children to be kept steadfast and unmovable, always abounding in God’s work
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