Day 25 --- Job 41-42 - Matthew 16

Day 25 --- Job 41-42 - Matthew 16 April 29
God told Job that no one is fierce enough to rouse him and that everything under heaven belongs to him. After the Lord finished speaking Job said, “ Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know. You said, Listen now and I will speak: I will question you, and you shall answer me. My ears have heard of you but now my eyes have seen you. Therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes.” The lord was angry with Eliphaz and the two friends because even in Job’s rage he was determined to speak honestly of the Lord. The others talked many correct statements, but without living knowledge of the God they have claimed to honor. The Lord blessed the latter parts of Job’s live and at a hundred and forty years he died living a full life. That is the end of the book of Job.
When Jesus and his disciples crossed the lake to the Pharisees and Sadducees they forgot to bring bread. The disciples were worried they did not bring any bread with them. Jesus corrected them and told them, “You of little faith, don’t you remember the feeding of 4 thousand and 5 thousand?” Jesus told them to be on their guard against the teachings of the Pharisees and Sadducees. Jesus then in this chapter predicts his death and tells the disciples he has to go to Jerusalem and suffer many things.

Job 38-40 - Matthew 15:21-39

Day 24 --- Job 38-40 - Matthew 15:21-39 April 28
The Lord finally spoke to Job and throughout 38 and 39 he questioned what Job can do and made references to what the Lord can do. After God continued to question Job he told Job to speak. Job said, “ I am unworthy, how can I speak? I put my hand over my mouth and spoke once but I have no answer.” God told him to brace himself like a man and answer when he is questioned.
In Matthew Jesus and his disciples went up the mountainside and was greeted by crowds of people, the crippled, the mute, etc. After he healed them Jesus said that he had compassion on the people and did not want them to go hungry. This time he fed 4,000 people with 7 loaves of bread and a few small fish.

Job 36-37 - Matthew 15:1-2

Day 23 --- Job 36-37 - Matthew 15:1-20 April 27
Elihu continues to teach Job and talks about God’s power throughout both chapters. He uses several metaphors to describe his words. In Matthew some Pharisees came to Jesus from Jerusalem and asked Jesus why his disciples do not wash their hands before they eat? Jesus talked in a parable that he then had to explain. Jesus told them that what we put into our bodies with unclean hands does not make us unclean. What comes out of our body makes us unclean. Jesus told them that everything that comes from the mouth come from the heart and those things are evil thoughts such as murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, slander, etc.

Day 22 --- Job 34-35 - Matthew 14:22-3

Day 22 --- Job 34-35 - Matthew 14:22-36 April 26
Elihu spoke to Job and quotes what Job has said that defends God’s justice against what he considered to be Job’s false theology. In Matthew 14: 22-36 Jesus had the disciples get into the boat and go on the other side while he dismissed a group of people and went up to the mountainside and prayed. When he came back down he walked across the lake to get to the disciples. They thought it was a ghost on the water and became very afraid. Jesus told him it was him and do not be afraid. Peter, with doubt, said if it is you then tell me to come with you. Jesus told Peter to come. Just like that Peter was walking on the water with Jesus. The message I got out of this was to have faith in God and do not be afraid because he is there for me. Peter was scared to walk on the water and when Peter began to sink in the water he became worried, but Jesus told him not to worry because he was there.
Yesterday my family and I were in Mexico. In Utah, I am so quick to judge the illegal Mexicans and complain that they need to learn English and go back to where they came from. In Mexico when you walk on the streets the Mexicans will sell you the clothes off their back for one American dollar. They envy the Americans and I can t tell you how many Mexicans wanted to sell me something. This was a humbling experience for me because it made me think how lucky I am to be blessed with an amazing country with the opportunities we have today. A little 13 year old boy Jesus spent the day with us, speaking no English, and it was sad to see that he had no family all day and no one to care where he was at the time. We gave him some money to go get something to eat when we left and he gave us all hugs and I wrote down my email address for him. We had someone translate what he was saying and he told us he loves America and wants to come one day. We told him we had to get back on our ship back to America and he wanted to come with us. Sometimes I lose sight of the real reason of life. God put us on Earth to take care of one another and not to hate. I am glad I got to see and understand why so many people would sacrifice anything to live in America.

Job 32-33 Matthew 14:1-21

Day 21 --- Job 32-33 - Matthew 14:1-21 April 25
Elihu was fed up with Job’s word and that the 3 men before him could not silence Job. He spoke up and told him he did not want to speak up before because he was young but now he wants to share his wisdom. He told Job that he listened to all of Job’s complaint but to listen to his words. He tells Job that God is greater than humans and he will not directly speak to him, he will speak through visions.
Herod captured John the Baptist but was nervous to kill him because people considered him a prophet. It was Herodias birthday and she asked Herold to bring her John the Baptist’s head on platter, and she got what she asked for. The disciples buried his body and went and told Jesus. Jesus then fed 5 thousand people with only 5 loaves of bread and 2 fish. There was left over bread, Jesus blessed the food and fed that many people. That is so amazing to me.

Day 20 --- Job 30-31 - Matthew 13:31-58

Day 20 --- Job 30-31 - Matthew 13:31-58 April 24
Job begins with sins of the heart, especially sexual lust, cheating in business, and marital infidelity. Job reveals his understand of social justice. At the end of 31 Job finished talking and it is the end of his complaints and arguments.
Jesus continues telling parables about the Kingdom of Heaven and what it is “like.” The disciples asked Jesus what one of the parables meant. Jesus told them that the angles will come and separate the wicked from the righteous and throw them in the fiery furnace where there will we weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Job 28-29

Job 28-29 Matthew 13:1-30 Day 19 April 23
As I was walking through San Diego I thought how beautiful the city was and the water. I love to see places I have never seen before and it is amazing how diverse the earth was. I noticed a lot of homeless people and I thought about them almost the whole day. I am so quick to judge them and think they are all lazy and useless. What do I know? Who am I to judge? God wants us to love one another and let him do the judging, I had a whole different outlook after thinking about the verses I have been reading.
The verses in Job I read tonight was Job talking about how he is longing for the months gone by and when god watched over him. He misses when God’s friendship blessed his house and his children were all around him.
The disciples asked Jesus why he talks in parables and Jesus told him the knowledge of heaven has been given to you but not to them. Whoever has will be given more and he will have abundance. A parable is an earthly story revealing a heavenly truth. (Thank you chadd for that clarification ahah