Text:
Job 42:1-9
Memory Verse:
“Now therefore, take for yourselves seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and My servant Job shall pray for you. For I will accept him, lest I deal with you according to your folly; because you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My
servant Job has” (Job 42:8).
I am sorry’ is a phrase we all demand and like to hear. Because we consider it important, we teach our children to say it as often as needed, but do we, as adults, say it? God realised that Job’s friends were wrong and had misrepresented Him. Their explanations and chastisement of Job were wrong and not according to knowledge. They, therefore, needed to apologise to a man whose hurt they had
compounded. How often we hurt ourselves by our unkind and baseless comments! How often we share news and information about others that we have not verified!
Pharaoh, in Exodus 10:16-18, finally realising his sin against the Israelites and their God, apologised to Moses. David was running away from a painful betrayal by his own son, yet all Shimei could do was to rain curses on him. Thankfully, he was sensible enough to apologise later (2 Samuel 16:5- 13;19:16-20). Joseph’s brothers, though out of fear of a reprisal, also acknowledged their sin and said they were sorry. When was the last time you said you are sorry to anyone? An apology is a
regretful acknowledgment of a fault or offence. It is tantamount to eating one’s words and that takes a lot of humility, especially when the other party is considered a junior. By apologising, you retract what you had previously said.
Saying you are sorry to those you have hurt is very important. It helps mend fences, heal wounds, and God demands it (Matthew 5:23&24). Job’s friends did the right thing. Will you?
Prayer Points:
1. Lord, I humble myself before You asking for forgiveness for my prideful actions.
2. I receive grace to make right every wrong I have done.
