Text for the day
Job 12:7-13
To be read individually or in a group.
Prayer before reading
O God, you have created all Holy Scriptures to be written for our learning. Grant us so to hear them, read them, mark them, learn and inwardly digest them that we may embrace and take hold of the blessed hope of everlasting life, which you have given us in Jesus. Amen
First Reading
Just ask the animals, and they will teach you.
Ask the birds of the sky, and they will tell you.
8
Speak to the earth, and it will instruct you.
Let the fish in the sea speak to you.
9
For they all know
that my disaster[b] has come from the hand of the Lord.
10
For the life of every living thing is in his hand,
and the breath of every human being.
11
The ear tests the words it hears
just as the mouth distinguishes between foods.
12
Wisdom belongs to the aged,
and understanding to the old.
13
“But true wisdom and power are found in God;
counsel and understanding are his.
NLT
From this reading: What words or phrases spoke to you?
Reading 2
.
7
If you want to learn,
then go and ask
the wild animals and the birds,
8
the flowers and the fish.
9
Any of them can tell you
what the Lord has done.[b]
10
Every living creature
is in the hands of God.
11
We hear with our ears,
taste with our tongues,
12
and gain some wisdom from those
who have lived a long time.
13
But God is the real source
of wisdom and strength.
CEV
From this reading: How does this passage touch your life today?
Reading 3
But ask the animals what they think—let them teach you;
let the birds tell you what’s going on.
Put your ear to the earth—learn the basics.
Listen—the fish in the ocean will tell you their stories.
Isn’t it clear that they all know and agree
that God is sovereign, that he holds all things in his hand--
Every living soul, yes,
every breathing creature?
Isn’t this all just common sense,
as common as the sense of taste?
Do you think the elderly have a corner on wisdom,
that you have to grow old before you understand life?
13
“True wisdom and real power belong to God;
from him we learn how to live,
and also what to live for.
MSG
From this reading, answer two questions:
From what I heard, what do I believe God wants me to do or be?
Is God inviting me to change in any way?
Now pray to God based upon the answers given in each scripture reading, asking him to help you understand how these scriptures might inform your life today.
End with the Lord’s prayer.
Job 12:7-13
To be read individually or in a group.
Prayer before reading
O God, you have created all Holy Scriptures to be written for our learning. Grant us so to hear them, read them, mark them, learn and inwardly digest them that we may embrace and take hold of the blessed hope of everlasting life, which you have given us in Jesus. Amen
First Reading
Just ask the animals, and they will teach you.
Ask the birds of the sky, and they will tell you.
8
Speak to the earth, and it will instruct you.
Let the fish in the sea speak to you.
9
For they all know
that my disaster[b] has come from the hand of the Lord.
10
For the life of every living thing is in his hand,
and the breath of every human being.
11
The ear tests the words it hears
just as the mouth distinguishes between foods.
12
Wisdom belongs to the aged,
and understanding to the old.
13
“But true wisdom and power are found in God;
counsel and understanding are his.
NLT
From this reading: What words or phrases spoke to you?
Reading 2
.
7
If you want to learn,
then go and ask
the wild animals and the birds,
8
the flowers and the fish.
9
Any of them can tell you
what the Lord has done.[b]
10
Every living creature
is in the hands of God.
11
We hear with our ears,
taste with our tongues,
12
and gain some wisdom from those
who have lived a long time.
13
But God is the real source
of wisdom and strength.
CEV
From this reading: How does this passage touch your life today?
Reading 3
But ask the animals what they think—let them teach you;
let the birds tell you what’s going on.
Put your ear to the earth—learn the basics.
Listen—the fish in the ocean will tell you their stories.
Isn’t it clear that they all know and agree
that God is sovereign, that he holds all things in his hand--
Every living soul, yes,
every breathing creature?
Isn’t this all just common sense,
as common as the sense of taste?
Do you think the elderly have a corner on wisdom,
that you have to grow old before you understand life?
13
“True wisdom and real power belong to God;
from him we learn how to live,
and also what to live for.
MSG
From this reading, answer two questions:
From what I heard, what do I believe God wants me to do or be?
Is God inviting me to change in any way?
Now pray to God based upon the answers given in each scripture reading, asking him to help you understand how these scriptures might inform your life today.
End with the Lord’s prayer.