Day 290 - (Today’s Bible readings: Job 20; Psalm 105:1-22; Luke 12:48-13:5)
“For I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last he will stand upon the earth. And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I shall see God, whom I shall see for myself, and my eyes shall behold, and not another. My heart faints within me!” (Job 19:25-27 ESV)
Do these words sound familiar? Perhaps someone should write an Easter hymn based on Job’s resurrection-focused words of faith! (Check out Lutheran Service Book #461) Did you catch his final thought is verse 27? “My heart faints within me!” How do you react to the fact that because of your faith in our risen Savior you too will live? (See John 14:19)
Looking at other translations can help us grow in our understanding of what the Holy Spirit is teaching us in a particular passage of Scripture. The NIV translates the end of verse 27 this way: “How my heart yearns within me.” This sounds like a line from a valentine card. And for Job, it is. Because Job knows that his Redeemer lives, and that he (Job) will also live, he can respond with a heart that is overflowing with thanksgiving and joy and completeness, even to the point of fainting.
The Message paraphrase expresses the Christian’s longing for Paradise (Luke 23:43) like this: “Oh, how I long for that day!” (MSG) Yes, we children of God do long for that day when we will begin eternity with God in heaven! But until the Lord calls us home on that day, He calls to serve Him today.
May the Lord richly bless you as you face the challenges and opportunities of today with Job-like longing for, and the assurance of, your best day, your resurrection day! Amen.
Pastor David Paape
“Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path” (Psalm 119:105 ), is the theme for this three-year journey through the entire Old Testament once (the Psalms - twice yearly), and the New Testament twice. There will be daily readings from the O.T., Psalms and the N.T. Special days on the church calendar will be highlighted with appropriate readings. This calendar has been compiled by representatives of the Lutheran Church of Canada, the North American Lutheran Church and the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod. Please click this link for the daily reading calendar:
https://blogs.lcms.org/2017/lcms-lcc-and-nalc-compile-three-year-schedule-of-daily-bible-readings
Then scroll down to 2018 Bible Reading Calendar and download it if you so wish. The “assigned” daily readings will appear on a daily basis in this blog. May the Lord bless your meditation upon His precious life-giving Word!
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