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Daily Devotionals
Day by Day Devotional - Year 3 of 5
Job 11:1-20
It is now Zophar’s turn to speak. He really is a strange comforter! He is even harsher than his two companions and begins by accusing Job of being a man full of talk (v. 2), a liar and a mocker (v. 3). He then goes on to speak of Job’s iniquity (v. 6). And from v. 13 onwards, he paints a picture of what in his opinion a man must do to be blessed by God: if you do this, if you do that. This kind of spirit is called legalism. Eliphaz has already urged Job to put his trust, not in God, but in his own fear of God, in the uprightness of his ways (Job 4:6). And Job was indeed only too ready to depend on himself . . . rather than on the LORD. This shows us just how much the human heart is imbued with self-righteousness. Even a believer may suffer from this legal spirit which leads him to think well of himself and, in consequence, to underestimate the greatness of the grace of God. Vv. 7 to 9 pose some very precise questions on the subject of the infinitude of God in every direction: height, depth, length and breadth. What human being is able to appreciate this? Ephesians 3:18-19 gives us the answer:- through the Spirit, all the saints are "able to comprehend what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; and to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge".
