TRAGIC END

 ANCHOR OF LIFE DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE For MONDAY, 16TH JANUARY, 2023.

Topic: TRAGIC END

MEMORIZE: *“"They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn" (JOB 24:24).* 

 *SCRIPTURE READING: Job 24:14-25* .

¹⁴ The murderer rises with the light; He kills the poor and needy; And in the night he is like a thief.

¹⁵ The eye of the adulterer waits for the twilight, Saying, 'No eye will see me'; And he disguises his face.

¹⁶ In the dark they break into houses Which they marked for themselves in the daytime; They do not know the light.

¹⁷ For the morning is the same to them as the shadow of death; If someone recognizes them, They are in the terrors of the shadow of death.

¹⁸ "They should be swift on the face of the waters, Their portion should be cursed in the earth, So that no one would turn into the way of their vineyards.

¹⁹ As drought and heat consume the snow waters, So the grave consumes those who have sinned.

²⁰ The womb should forget him, The worm should feed sweetly on him; He should be remembered no more, And wickedness should be broken like a tree.

²¹ For he preys on the barren who do not bear, And does no good for the widow.

²² "But God draws the mighty away with His power; He rises up, but no man is sure of life.

²³ He gives them security, and they rely on it; Yet His eyes are on their ways.

²⁴ They are exalted for a little while, Then they are gone. They are brought low; They are taken out of the way like all others; They dry out like the heads of grain.

²⁵ "Now if it is not so, who will prove me a liar, And make my speech worth nothing?"

 *EXPOSITION* :

Experiences in life differ from person to person. Sometimes, those who seem to be faring better are those least expected. This is more so when the best things in life seem to be happening to people we consider to be undeserving of God's favour and mercy. What many lose sight of is that irrespective of how successful a sinner is on earth, if he does not repent, he will meet with an ignoble end.

Job's friends had concluded that the enormity of the suffering and pain he was experiencing could only be because he was a great sinner. In his response, Job did not dispute that God reserves harsh punishment for the sinner. In seeking to show himself as undeserving of their negative characterisation as a sinner, he outlined what a wicked man looks like. He likened such a person to a murderer who takes the poor and needy unawares and kills them. He is like an adulterer who disguises himself and commits immorality under the cover of darkness. He said such a wicked person goes to any length to device his evil acts and cover up his tracks.

But in the end, he is consumed by drought and heat. He is broken, forgotten and eaten by worms in the grave. Though exalted, he is soon cut down, withered and cast off with no remembrance anymore. He obviously considered that he was not like the person he had been describing and therefore, wondered who could successfully contradict what he had said.

Sometimes, God allows such experiences to draw our attention to the fact that sin will always be judged and the outcome will be fearful and fiery. It is therefore necessary for the sinner to retrace his steps, turn from his life of indulgence and evil, and follow Christ without wavering. Otherwise, he is courting unmitigated disaster.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: No sinner can escape the long arms of heaven's law

PRAYER POINT: Lord, help me to overcome the life of sin and walk in the path of righteousness in Jesus name. 

 *DAILY BIBLE READING IN A YEAR –  Exodus 1-4* 

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