Thu 2/15 · Job 21 · Matt 21
In this chapter Job is bringing a counter argument against his friends’ accusations that God is punishing him for his sins. He claims in v.7-13 that God doesn’t necessarily punish…
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Pastor Elmer Inafuku’s reflections on each day’s Bible reading.
2026 Bible reading plan
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Wed 2/14 · Job 20
Zophar’s condemnation of Job in this chapter is cruel and brutal! I found his words in v.7, “Yet he will perish forever like his own refuse,” to be especially vulgar.…
Tue 2/13 · Job 19 · Matt 19
Despite his horrible suffering and his many complaints, Job still holds on to his faith that after death he would see God (v.26)! This is what Satan was trying to…
Mon 2/12 · Job 18
When we forget to have compassion and mercy on others, we change into an instrument of judgment and condemnation. This is what happened to Bildad. His opinion of Job can…
Sun 2/11 · Job 17 · Matt 17
When we pass through much suffering, and don’t hear from God, and don’t receive encouragement from our friends, we feel like giving up. This is how Job felt and that’s…
Sat 2/10 · Job 16 · Matt 16
In v.2, Job calls his friends miserable comforters! In v.4, he says that he could speak as they do! But in v.5 he says he wouldn’t do that, but rather,…
Fri 2/9 · Job 15 · Matt 15
Eliphaz, Job’s 1st friend, talks to Job for the 2nd time in this chapter. He completely rejects Job’s words (v.3-6) and rebukes him for his attitude (v.7-9)! We should not…
Thu 2/8 · Job 14 · Matt 14
We can see Job’s thinking about the following topics in this chapter. 1) Life: It’s full of trouble (v.1-6) and hope being destroyed (v.18-19). 2) Resurrection of trees: Trees can…
Wed 2/7 · Job 13 · Matt 13
Job cannot understand why he is going through such terrible suffering. So he asks God to tell him his sins (v.23). But he says God doesn’t answer but hides his…
Tue 2/6 · Job 12 · Matt 12
Job feels his friends are mocking him (v.4), and counters that he is not inferior to them and has understanding as well as they (v.3). This is what bad counseling…
Mon 2/5 · Job 11 · Matt 11
Job’s 3rd friend, Zophar, speaks in this chapter. He is quite blunt and judgmental. He says about Job that his talk is empty (v.3) and God is punishing him less…
Sun 2/4 · Matt 10
(2/2) 1) Jesus gave them power to cast out unclean spirits, to heal all kinds of diseases (v.1), to preach the gospel (v.7), to cleanse lepers (lepers = sinners), and…
Sat 2/3 · Job 9 · Matt 9
Job expresses his hopelessness because God is so great, and Job doesn’t stand a chance in trying to defend himself (v.2-4). We feel the same as Job when we go…
Fri 2/2 · Job 8 · Matt 8
Job’s 3 friends try to help him through counseling, but they fail, so they are examples to us of how not to counsel. Job’s 2nd friend, Bildad, speaks in this…
Thu 2/1 · Job 7 · Matt 7
Job was so frustrated because he didn’t understand what was happening to him and why he was going through so much suffering. He asked God what sin had he committed…
Wed 1/31 · Job 6 · Matt 6
Because Job doesn’t understand why he is going through such terrible suffering, he is frustrated at God and wishes to die (v.2-10)! He is also frustrated at his friend, Eliphaz…
Tue 1/30 · Job 5
Eliphaz is sincere in trying to show Job where he thinks Job’s error was, but the result was he was judging and condemning Job! His words in v.2-3 must have…
Mon 1/29 · Job 4 · Matt 4
Job’s friends begin to speak. The first is Eliphaz (v.1), who is a super-spiritual person who hears words and has visions and sees spirits passing in front of his face…
Sun 1/28 · Job 3 · Matt 3
In v.25, Job says: “For the thing I greatly feared has come upon me, and what I dreaded has happened to me.” I think Job feared that Satan would attack…
Sat 1/27 · Matt 2 · Job 2
(2/2) There were several King Herods in history, but the Herod who was king when Jesus was born was known as King Herod the Great. He was a famous builder,…