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FRIDAY OCTOBER 9


THE SONG OF OUR LIVES

READ:
Isaiah 12:2 NLT
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The LORD GOD is
my strength and
my song.
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Everyone touched by a piece of music hears it differently. The composer hears it in the chamber of his imagination. The audience hears it with their sense and emotions. The members of the orchestra hear most clearly the sound of the instruments closest to them.

In a sense, we are the members of God's orchestra. Often we hear only the music closest to us. Because we don't hear a balanced work, we are like Job who cried as he suffered: "Now those young men mock me in song; I have become a by word among them" (JOB 30:9).

Job recalled how princes and officials had respected him. His life was "awash in cream, and the rocks gushed olive oil for me" (29:6 NLT). But now, he had become the target of mockers. "My harp plays sad music," he lamented (30:31 NLT). Yet there was much, much more to the symphony. Job simply couldn't hear the whole song.

Maybe today you can hear only the sad notes of your own violin. Don't lose heart. Every detail in your life is part of God's composition. Or perhaps you are listening to a cheerful flute. Praise God for it and share your joy with someone else.

God's masterpiece of redemption is the symphony we are playing, and ultimately everything will work together for His good purposes. God is the composer of our lives. His song is perfect, and we can trust Him. ____Keila Ochoa

**Lord, help me to trust You, especially when my life seems discordant
and out of tune. I thank You because I'm part of Your symphony
and Your song is perfect.
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Faith in God's goodness puts a song in the heart.

**************************Today's Bible Reading __ Job 29:1-6; 30:1-9******************************
1 Job continued his discourse:

2 "How I long for the months gone by, for the days
when God watched over me, 3 when his lamp shone on my
head and by his light I walked through darkness! 4 Oh, for the
days when I was in my prime, when God's intimate friendship
blessed my house, 5 when the Almighty was still with me and
my children were around me, 6 when my path was drenched
with cream and the rock poured out for me streams of olive oil."

JOB 30

1 "Btu now they mock me, men younger than I, whose fathers
I would have disdained to put with my sheep dogs. 2 Of what
use was the strength of their hands to me, since their vigor had
gone from them? 3 Haggard from want and hunger, they roamed
the parched land in desolate wastelands at night. 4 In the brush
they gathered salt herbs, and their food was the root of the
broom bush. 5 They were banished from human society, shouted
at as if they were thieves. 6 They were forced to live in the dry
stream beds, among the rocks and in holes in the ground. 7 They
brayed among the bushes and huddled in the undergrowth.

8 A base and nameless brood, they were driven out of the land.

9 "And now those young men mock me in song; I have
become a byword among them."

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Job's world had been turned upside down,
having lost his wealth (1:14-17), his family (1:18-19), and his health
(2:7). Even as he reached an impasse with his three friends while
trying to unravel the real reasons for his suffering and pain (CHS.
3-31), Job was trying to come to terms with the consequences of
his physical and financial losses. Spiritually, he felt that God had
abandoned him (29:1-5); emotionally, he was deprived of happiness
and enjoyment (29:5-6); and socially, he had lost his standing, power,
respect, and honor (30:1-9). Despite his many questions, Job
proclaimed his trust in the sovereign God (42:1-6). ____Sim Kay Tee