Chapter 40 ⁽⁵⁾

Passage Read: Genesis 37-40 Meditation Verse: 40:1 The way the story about Judah, his sons and Tamar is inserted between Joseph's sale into Egypt and his imprisonment suggest that a very long time passed for Joseph in Egypt. Joseph had no idea what God intended…

Passage Read: Job 37-40 Meditation Verse: 40:1-5 This is exactly what Job was afraid of, that God would terrify him with his greatness and he would loathe himself though originally innocent. But God is majestic and far more powerful than we understand. His compassion and…

Passage Read: Genesis 37-40 Meditation Verses: 40:14-15 Joseph saw a chance to get free of his imprisonment, perhaps correctly discerning that this was a way the Lord might use to free him. And he would be correct, except that the time was not yet ripe…

Passage Read: Isaiah 39-42 Meditation Verses: 40:6-8 Men and all their "goodness" are but like grass and the flowers of the field. The Lord has to but blow on them and they are gone. Yet His Word stands forever. Men come and go and their…

Passage Read: Job 37-40 Meditation Verse: 40:8 According to God, Job justified himself and in so doing he condemned God. When we are the focus of our attention, when we define everything by our comfort and joy, then we are setting ourselves up as rulers…