MFM Mountain Top Life Daily Devotional 14 January 2019 By Dr. D.K Olukoya – Don’t Be A Miserable Comforter
TOPIC: Don’t Be A Miserable Comforter (Mountain Of Fire and Miracle Ministries, MFM Daily Devotional 14 January 2019)
FIRE SCRIPTURE: Job 2:11-13
Bible In One Year: Genesis 33-35; Matthew 10:1-20
MEMORY VERSE: “Judge not, that ye be not judged.” – Matthew 7:1
The MESSAGE:
The Bible calls Job’s friends miserable comforters. What is the reason for this uncomplimentary description? Though Job’s friends spent time with him during his trials and travails, they did very little or nothing to solve his problem or alleviate his pain. Job’s friends discussed, analysed and even gossiped about the possible causes of Job’s affliction. None of them prayed for him in his closet, neither did they gather to intercede for him corporately. Another reason Job’s friends were described as miserable comforters is that while God could flaunt Job’s credentials as the most righteous person on earth, even to the devil, Job’s friends kept attributing his ordeals to sin. Beloved, it is not every trial, affliction or persecution a believer faces that is due to sin. Job’s sickness and trials as well as Zechariah’s and Elizabeth’s childlessness, the apostles’ persecution are good cases in point. Job’s friends earned the uncomplimentary remark “miserable comforters” because rather than truly comfort Job and seek permanent solution to his travails, they only engaged in worthless blame game, roundtable discussion and gossiping. All these added no value to Job’s life nor improved his condition.
