11/17/2020— Job 27-28
每日诗歌: 敬畏耶和华的人 ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2cZMbgDryA&ab_channel=letusdrawnear )
每日读经：约伯记27-28
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每日金句：
约伯记28:28 他对人说，敬畏主就是智慧。远离恶便是聪明。
每日问题：
比较 约伯记28：28节和箴言书1：7节（敬畏耶和华是知识的开端。愚妄人藐视智慧和训诲。）。有什么相同和不同处？
每日灵修：
27章约伯对他的朋友的控诉进行了回应，约伯深信他没有犯罪。27章第五节约伯说：“我断不以你们为是，我至死必不以自己为不正”! 一开始我还觉得约伯有些固执武断，但是仔细思想约伯如此坚信是有原因的。
首先，他及其努力在神面前良心无愧。第六节约伯说：“我持定我的义…我心必不责备我”。这表明约伯远离恶事，他以对神的敬畏的态度来引导他行事为人。雅各书4章17节说：“人若知道行善，却不去行，这就是他的罪了。”约伯知道他自己的心对神没有愧疚。他确定这个世界上没有人可以来论断他的心。
其次，约伯如此坚信自己没有犯罪的原因是因为他明白神的真理，所以如果他犯罪了，他自己是会辨明的。约伯对神不仅仅是一颗真诚的心，而是他明白神的心意，并且有从神而来的智慧。约伯深知：敬畏主就是智慧，远离恶便是聪明。所以因为他敬畏神，并且明白神的心意，他自己会知道自己是否得罪神了。
效法约伯对我们今天意味着什么？我们的心要时常在神面前悔改，在神面前存无愧的良心。不仅如此，我们要研读神的话语从而能清楚的明白如何讨神的喜悦，哪些是神所恨恶的，如何按着圣经的真理来敬畏神。只有当我们明白什么是罪，什么是神的心意，我们才能像约伯一样明白如何远离恶事。
祷告：
亲爱的天父，你说敬畏耶和华是智慧的开端。唯有你是配得敬畏的！求你赦免我对你话语的刚硬的心。求你帮助我像约伯一样在你面前存无亏的良心。求你指教我像约伯一样来敬畏你，教导我如何远离恶事。求你赐给我从你而来属天的智慧，好使我一生荣耀你！奉主耶稣基督的名求，阿们！
Daily Verses：
Job 28:28 And he said to man, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.'”
Daily Question：
How does Job’s statement in 28:28 compare to Proverbs 1:7. What similarities and differences do you see?
Daily Devotional:
In Chapter 27, Job is responding to his friend’s claim that it is because he has sinned in some way that all these bad things are happening to him. However, Job is convinced that he did not sin and in chapter 27 he says he will never admit that his friends are right (see verse 27:5). At first, I thought Job was acting stubborn and dogmatic. But there are some good reasons Job was so confident that he did not sin.
First, he worked extremely hard to make sure his conscience stayed clean before the Lord. In verse 6, Job says that he will never let go of his innocence, and his conscience will not reproach him. This shows how Job would stay away from evil and he would let his godly conscience guide him. James 4:17 says that “If anyone, then, knows the good they ought to do and doesn’t do it, it is sin for them.” Job knew that his heart had no guilt or shame before God. He was so sure of this that no other person in the world could judge his own heart.
The second reason Job was so confident that he did not sin was that he knew God’s Word (he had the perfect wisdom of God) so he would have known if he sinned. Job did not just have a sincere heart; he also had a lot of knowledge of what pleases God and what is the perfect wisdom. Job knew that fearing God is wisdom and shunning evil is understanding. Therefore, because he feared God, and had wisdom, he would have known if he sinned or not.
What does it mean to be like Job today? Our hearts should always be repenting before him. We need to keep a clean conscience. We also should read and study the Bible so we clearly know what pleases God, what God hates, and how to fear him in a biblical way. If only we understand what sin is, then we can know how to shun away from evil as Job did.
Prayer:
Lord, your word says that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. You alone God are worthy of my reverence and my holy fear. Please forgive me for all of my apathy in obeying your commands. I want to be a man of conviction like Job is. Will you please teach me to fear you as Job did. Please teach me to keep myself from evil. I want heavenly wisdom to glorify you all the days of my life. In Jesus’ name, I pray. Amen!
