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Day 148, or May 28, God responds His own way every time. Our thoughts today are rooted

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in Job chapter 33 verse 14. For God does speak, now one way, now another, though no one perceives

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it.

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Now the big picture surrounding this verse. In addition to his three friends, Eliphaz,

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Bildad, and Zophar, Job has to listen to the opinions of a young man called Elihu, who

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continues, as he continues his debate with Job, which he started a little earlier. It

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seems Elihu is addressing Job and his friends after seeing that previous talking has been

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unproductive. Despite his youthfulness, he speaks very frankly to them, and warns Job

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that if he continues to be as stubborn as he has been previously, he is simply adding

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to his list of sins that will all have to be forgiven by God, and only then if Job repents

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and asks for forgiveness. He makes a good point that just because Job has missed what

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God said, it doesn't mean God hasn't spoken. He tells him not to limit God's speaking

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to words alone.

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And now our action step for today. Many of us fail to see God working in this world due

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to our vision being too narrow. Often when we pray, we ask God to intervene, and we are

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very specific about how. When God does intervene, sometimes He chooses to take an unexpected

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path and we miss Him. We keep praying, and He keeps saying, I've answered you, but you

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weren't listening. It's rather like when Rhoda, a servant girl, answers the door to

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Peter, who has just been miraculously released from jail, in Acts chapter 12. When she tells

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the good news to the prayer meeting, who are praying for his release, she is scolded. Verse

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15 tells us, You're out of your mind, they said. When she insisted, they decided, It

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must be his angel. They were praying for God to do something about Peter's imprisonment,

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and God decided to perform a miracle this time. We need to concentrate on what we're

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asking God for, rather than how we think He ought to do it.