Today’s Reading: Job 35; Job 36; 1 Corinthians 7; 1 Corinthians 8
Scripture: Job 36:13 "The godless in heart harbor resentment;
even when he fetters them, they do not cry for help."
Observation: This statement about the "godless in heart" is true. People who automatically reject the validity of God are not typically happy people. They are often filled with anger and resentment, as the verse says. They resent all kinds of things and people. They mock and they spit out curses. When God "fetters them," that is, brings some restriction on them to chastise them or restrict them (usually for the purpose of waking them up to the reality of God and their need for Him), they refuse to acknowledge Him and would rather die with their prideful arrogance than receive deliverance by calling to God for help.
Application: For me the application is to be aware that there are people out there that have made themselves quite unreachable. Even God can't break through the wall of pride and resistance that they have built. So if God's efforts can't get the job done, I shouldn't be surprised that my efforts sometimes fall short. Some people simply hold steadfast to their godlessness and I guess they are happy with their misery.
Prayer: Lord, thank You for the joy of Your salvation. I pray that my life will be an advertisement of Your goodness and blessing. Help me to be used by You to draw even the resisters to the place of surrendering to You.
This I pray in Jesus’ name, Amen.
1 comment:
The godless in heart DO harbor resentment and some of them go to church! The scary thing about this verse is that it doesn't only apply to people who are openly hostile to God---it also applies to people who have an intellectual belief in God but who have hardened their hearts by continual unforgiveness of others who offend them. Because they believe in God and go to church they are lulled into thinking they are "safe" and secure for heaven when their hearts may be very far from Him. The message is we all need to make sure we aren't harboring resentment.
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