Job 42: ¹⁰ The LORD restored the fortunes of Job when he prayed for his friends, and the LORD increased all that Job had twofold. ¹¹ Then all his brothers and all his sisters and all who had known him before came to him, and they ate bread with him in his house; and they consoled him and comforted him for all the adversities that the LORD had brought on him. And each one gave him one piece of money, and each a ring of gold. ¹² The LORD blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning;

 

I see two things I never before paid attention to…

• God restored Job when he prayed not for himself but for his friends
• I’ve never asked myself how God miraculously restored Job’s fortune

Do you have friends and relatives that are hard to pray for?

I can’t begin to imagine how hard it was for Job to pray for his “friends” under those circumstances. When he lost everything, they came along and “consoled” him by letting him know that he surely has done something to deserve the misery that has visited him and his household. Later when Job attempts to defend himself they essentially tell him he is lying. Continue reading →