DAY 117: JOB COMFORTED BY HIS FRIENDS

Bible Passage: Job 2:11-13, 4:5-6, 5:17-18, 8:3-7, 11:3-7 and 16:2.

Job's friends , Eliphaz, Bildad, Zophar and Elihu had a lot of words of wisdom for Job but these did not help him. Today's passages are just a few examples of the types of things they said to him. Job replied each one of them and felt that they were all "painful comforters" (16:2). Anything painful is not good even though pain itself does a good job as a sign to warn us that something is wrong. Instead of praising and worshipping God with Job, they were proving their wisdom. When people are sad and we do not know what to say, we should sing praises to God with them. They themselves may not feel like singing but we can encourage them.

TODAY'S ACTION: Praise God with a few choruses now and pray to thank Him for His goodness to you.