Seize the Moment – Day 1032

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13
Jan '23

Seize the Moment – Day 1032

Posted on Jan 13, 2023 by Jerry Ingalls in Devotions, General |

13
Jan '23

Be a Refreshing Friend!

Job 6

 

Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Friday, January 13.

 

God has blessed me to help thousands of people over two decades of ministry. It is the ministry of the Holy Spirit to refresh people during their times of grief, heartache, confusion, and conflict. It takes discernment to know when to speak and what to say because often the best thing we can do for someone is to be a prayerful presence who listens well.  

 

Job’s three friends spent seven days and nights comforting Job in silence (Job 2:11-13). That’s an amazing gift! I think most of us could remain silent for seven minutes, but most likely not seven hours, and definitely not seven days. Honestly, we probably wouldn’t know what to do with a person who wouldn’t go away after seven hours, nevertheless, seven days.

 

Nevertheless, they broke their silence, so for thirty-four chapters (Job 4-37), we are going to wade through a dialogue that God judges at the end of the book as folly, as stated in Job 42:7,
 
“My wrath is kindled against you and against your two friends, because you have not spoken of Me what is right as My servant Job has.”
 
Prior to God’s verdict was Job’s initial response to Eliphaz in Job 6:15, “My brothers have acted deceitfully like a wadi, like the torrents of wadis which vanish.” Job was expecting refreshment from his friends, not ridicule. Their presence for seven days foreshadowed life-giving water for Job’s soul, but Eliphaz’s words were like the scorching sun upon a weary and heavy-burdened desert traveler.

 

Friends are called to bring refreshment to one another’s lives! Paul illustrated this in 1 Corinthians 16:17-18,
 
“I rejoice over the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus, because they have supplied what was lacking on your part. For they have refreshed my spirit and yours.”

 

Seize the moment and refresh your friends by giving them “living water” for their souls (John 7:37-39)!  

 

God bless you!

 

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