DCLM Higher Everyday 7 May 2024 — God Reverses Setbacks – Part 1

DCLM Higher Everyday 7 May 2024 Devotional by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — God Reverses Setbacks – Part 1

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Topic: God Reverses Setbacks – Part 1

Text: Job 42:10-17

10And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.

11Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold.

12So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.

13He had also seven sons and three daughters.

14And he called the name of the first, Jemima; and the name of the second, Kezia; and the name of the third, Kerenhappuch.

15And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren.

16After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons’ sons, even four generations.

17So Job died, being old and full of days.

Key Verse: “And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before”(Job 42:10).

Message

Tony Evans rightly stated that, “Comebacks don’t seem likely when your back is up against the wall and your hope is depleted. But if you will stay the course, you will discover God’s power to reverse the irreversible in your life.” That was how Job moved from setback to comeback. There is no better way to test a man’s integrity and love for God than during his travail. Job’s steadfast stand at the peak of the problem remains a challenge to Christians today. Though he lived a pure life,Job lost his children, great wealth, a successful business, and many servants; but he kept his integrity.

Job’s case was pathetic, but the Lord was in perfect control of everything. He went through the trial and came out as gold. He said, “But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold”(Job 23:10). We mustn’t abandon God during trials and temptations. God reversed Job’s setbacks. He was healed, given twice as much  possessions as before his ordeal, and lived many more years.

Quote: From setback to comeback

Challenge: Job kept his integrity.

Prayer for today: O God, let my change come, in Jesus’ name.

GOSPEL REALM: STEPS TO SALVATION
1. Admit that you are a sinner. "For all [humans] have sinned, and comes short of the glory of God....[and] the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord" (Romans 3:23)
2. Repent now. "Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out ...[for] if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness " (Acts 3:19, 1 John 1:9)
3. Believe that God loves you and Jesus died for you. "God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet Sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8)
4. Invite Jesus into your life through prayer of faith. Jesus says, "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me" (Revelation 3:20)