Scripture Union Daily Guide 23rd August 2025: Human wisdom is good, but…
Daily Guide Devotional For Today 23 August 2025 (Saturday)
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 23rd August 2025 Today’s Devotional
Topic: Human wisdom is good, but…
Opening Prayer
May the meditation of my heart be acceptable unto you, O Lord as I read from your word.
Bible Text
Job 5:1-27
Meditation Question
► Q 1: What does the passage teach about God the Father, or God the Son or God the Holy Spirit?
Scripture Union Daily Guide 23rd August 2025 Outline
As Eliphaz continues his discourse, we can see that he is a man full of godly wisdom and vast human experience. Who can dispute the reality of Job 5:2,3 or Job 5:7, for example? Look at how he illustrates the beautiful truth in Job 5:9 with examples of the wonderful works of God’s grace and justice and love in Job 5:10-16. In Job 5:17, however, he caps it all with a combination of his brilliant godly insight and his human, misplaced counsel!
“Blessed is the one God corrects” Job 5:17). This is a statement inspired by the Spirit of God; and we have the second part expanded for us in the Book of Proverbs 3:11-12) and explained in the New Testament (Hebrews 12:5-11). Similarly, Eliphaz continues in Job 5:18 onwards, with insightful attributes of the God we worship and what He does for His faithful children. The problem is with the opening and closing sentences of the chapter, and they both demonstrate Eliphaz’s human limitation. He starts by saying that no one would answer Job (because of his sins) and closes by applying lessons on how God deals with sinners to Job. He was wrong in both.
And So
Pray for the Holy Spirit’s help to handle the truth of God’s word faithfully.
Food for Thought
We sometimes attribute true Bible promises wrongly to ourselves, usually by ignoring the conditions in the full verse and context (e.g. Deuteronomy 28:13). Can you think of other examples?
Insight
* Any new insight or reinforcement of what you already know?
One Year Bible Reading Plan
Jeremiah 40-42.
One Year Bible Reading Plan – Hard Copy version: Jeremiah 49-50
NATIONAL PRAYER BULLETIN 23RD AUGUST 2025
PRAYER FOCUS
THE MINISTERS
“He makes his angels spirit, and his ministers flames of fire”. Psalm 104:4
THANK GOD FOR:
* All the ministers who by divine permission have been given the privilege to minister during this convention • God’s grace upon them all
PRAY FOR:
* The Expositor; that the hand of the lord will be great on him, to bring the mind of God to us. • Strength and sound mind for him all through • Strength and grace for all other ministers, that they will minister under the unction of the Holy Ghost • They will be sanctified vessels through whom the power of God will flow • God’s power to be poured forth to save, heal, deliver, encourage and strengthen.
