Scripture Union Daily Guide 15 September 2025: Brevity and futility of life
Daily Guide Devotional For Today 15th September 2025 (Monday)
Welcome to Scripture Union Daily Guide Devotional today. As you read, study and meditate, may the Lord Almighty reveal His essence to you in Jesus’ Name, Amen!
Scripture Union Daily Guide 15 September 2025 Today’s Devotional
Topic: Brevity and futility of life
Opening Prayer
Dear Lord, make me more like you through the power of your word as I meditate on it.
Bible Text
Job 14:1-22
Meditation Question
► Q2: Is there any example for me to follow or not to follow?
► Q7: What truth is God revealing to me in this passage?
Scripture Union Daily Guide 15 September 2025 Outline
W.E. Sangster wrote, “Of all the wicked waste that goes on in this world, no waste is more wicked than wasted pain.” Unlike many, Job did not waste his pain. Job’s word reminds us that life on earth is transient, yet full of hardships and uncertainties. Our days are numbered and run out like sand in a sandglass (Job 14:5-6). Observe three things to which Job compared our lives in Job 14:2,11-12.
In Job 14:3-6, Job acknowledged the problem of original sin which makes God’s judgment inescapable for man. But we can thank God for the redemptive sacrifice of Christ through which we have obtained forgiveness. By contrasting the life of a tree to that of a human (Job 14:7-12), Job was not denying resurrection but emphasizing that man has only one life (Hebrews 9:27). Although pain had eroded his hope away (Job 14:18-22), Job still yearned for a renewal, possibly hinting at a future hope beyond the grave when his body would be completely free from pains (Job 14:14-17). In the light of the brevity of our lives, how can we live purposefully and responsibly (Psalms 90:12; Romans 13:11-14)?
And So
Do not waste your pains, determine to live purposefully despite the pains and sufferings you may be going through right now, and think of ways to invest your pains. Pray for grace to do this.
Insight
* Any new insight or reinforcement of what you already know?
Closing Prayer
Dear Lord, strengthen my faith in You so that no matter my challenges in life I will not miss Your eternal glory.
Prayer of Faith
Offer a prayer of faith in line with Psalms 118:17
One Year Bible Reading Plan
Daniel 1-2; Job 1; Psalms 119:1-32.
One Year Bible Reading Plan – Hard Copy version: Daniel 7-9
NATIONAL PRAYER BULLETIN 15TH SEPTEMBER 2025
PRAYER FOCUS
DIVINE INTERVENTION
“Behold, I am the God of all flesh, is anything too hard for4 me? Jer. 32:27
THANK GOD FOR:
* His unlimited power to heal and deliver
PRAY FOR:
* God’s intervention in the various chronic or defying situations of His people • God’s power to be present to heal and deliver in our fellowships and programmes • The faith of the afflicted not to be weakened, but firm in the Lord to help
