Chapter 24 is the continuation of Job's response to Eliphaz from Chapter 23. But very interestingly as I read Chapter 24, Job mentioned about the night, the activities in the night. Come to think of it, it is just like my old days where I play in the night and sleep in the day and life was empty and meaningless. Of course I've repented and changed.
Many people think that it is fun having nights out clubbing, disco dancing, etc. Think about it, all vices, illegal drugs exchange, smuggling, etc, most happened in the night, not during broad daylight. Sometimes, we get ourselves into joining the devil in the night without you knowing.
I used to teach ‘Music that influences lives’ in Post Encounter, I shared about the kinds of music played in clubs and discos, or even karaoke. When the people sing and dance to the music, they are dancing and singing to the spirit behind the music. Dancing is a posture of worship with your body expression. As you dance to the song that express sexual connotation or songs that express wrong values, you are dancing (worshipping) the spirit behind the music. Same goes to singing. So watch the place you go, the entertainment we seek, and the people we mix. We may be drawn into the devil's playground subtly without you knowing.
V17 – "For all of them, deep darkness is their morning, they make friends with the terrors of the darkness."
Chapter 25 the last round, Ting! Ting! Jobs friends gave up. Don’t know what to say. Since everybody say something and went 2 rounds, now left Bildad to complete the round. Probably he ran out of words, so it was just a short reply, 6 verses only.
But Job's reply was the longest this time. Seeing Bildad only spoke 6 verses, Job replied with 6 chapters, from chapter 26 – 31. All his skill and the ‘wu ling mi ji’ all come out. Like one of Stephen Chow's movie. Ha.
Job, once again exalted the Lord in Chapter 26. In Chapter 28, he explained about wisdom. “But where can wisdom be found? Where does understanding dwell? (v12)”. The answer is found in v28, “the fear of the Lord – that is wisdom, and to shun evil is understanding.”
Chapter 25 the last round, Ting! Ting! Jobs friends gave up. Don’t know what to say. Since everybody say something and went 2 rounds, now left Bildad to complete the round. Probably he ran out of words, so it was just a short reply, 6 verses only.
But Job's reply was the longest this time. Seeing Bildad only spoke 6 verses, Job replied with 6 chapters, from chapter 26 – 31. All his skill and the ‘wu ling mi ji’ all come out. Like one of Stephen Chow's movie. Ha.
Job, once again exalted the Lord in Chapter 26. In Chapter 28, he explained about wisdom. “But where can wisdom be found? Where does understanding dwell? (v12)”. The answer is found in v28, “the fear of the Lord – that is wisdom, and to shun evil is understanding.”
If you want to have Godly wisdom, you need to have the fear of the Lord.
If you want to have understanding? Flee from evil. There are some other verses you can refer to.
Psalms 111:10 – “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; all who follow his percepts have good understanding.”
Proverbs 1:7 – “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but the fools despise wisdom and discipline.”
Proverbs 9:10 – “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
Always remember Job 28:28. Remember it always.
Always remember Job 28:28. Remember it always.
"The fear of the Lord – that is wisdom, and to shun evil is understanding."
