Found Faithful by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Job 42:1-17 If you return to Job 1:3, you can read what Job originally owned. He had 7,000 sheep, and he winds up with 14,000. So his flocks grow as he feeds them and breeds them. Their numbers increase to twice the original flock.Read More …

God’s Justice by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Job 42:1-17 I find at least two enduring truths for us as I think through these closing scenes in Job’s story. First, forgiveness is worth asking for. If there’s something that has come between you and your heavenly Father, why wait at a distance?Read More …

God Hears by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Job 42:1-11 When the day of reckoning arrives, God is always fair. He blesses those who have walked with Him. He forgives those who bring their offerings and humble themselves before Him. God restores. God rewards. God heals. God honors Job, who prayed forRead More …

Humble Yourself Now by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Job 42:1-11 Take special notice of Job’s words. He does not reply, “I’ve got an argument here.” On the contrary, He says, “I retract and repent.” There’s no divine force. There’s no threatening rebuke from God. “Job, if you don’t get down onRead More …

Incapable of Comprehending by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Job 42:1-11 God’s plans are beyond our understanding and too deep to explain. Perhaps God doesn’t explain Himself because knowing and understanding His way may not help us all that much. Stop and ask yourself: Does knowing why really help? Is the painRead More …

Set Free by Chuck Swindoll Job 42:1-11 Did you miss something? If you take the time to read the biblical account, you’ll see that God gives Job the same title four times: “My servant” (Job 42:7–8). What an honorable title. He had it before the suffering began (Job 1:8), andRead More …

A Profound Plan by Chuck Swindoll Job 42:1-6 That’s what makes the climax of Job’s life so satisfying. This dear man, who never deserved the suffering he endured, is dealt with justly. And those who made his life so miserable weren’t overlooked either. The God of justice finally steps up,Read More …

Turn Around by Chuck Swindoll Job 42:1-6 “I’ve come to the end of my understanding, and I leave it at that. My very existence is Yours, O God. It’s Yours to unravel the mystery, to track the labyrinthine ways, to handle the profound, to know the reasons behind the inexplicableRead More …

Follow in Obedience by Chuck Swindoll Job 40:1-5 Job’s response prompts me to think of what this says to our twenty-first-century world. What needed messages it offers to our times! The first: If God’s ways are higher than mine, then I bow before Him in submission. The result of thatRead More …

I Am Insignificant by Chuck Swindoll Job 40:15 If you take the time to analyze those words, you’ll see that Job has three responses. The first is a response of humility. The second is a response of relief. And the third is a response of surrender. That’s all God wantedRead More …