A Double Blessing

“After Job had prayed for his friends, the Lord restored his fortunes and gave him twice as much as he had before.” – Job 42:10 Yesterday, I shared how God revealed His vastness to Job and touched his heart. Then, God turned to Job’s friends—those who had been judging Job with their many statements about Him—and what does He do? He rebukes them. He tells those men, “You’d better make a sacrifice for your sins.” Then, He instructs Job, “Go pray for your friends, and whatever you pray will be done for them.” Job forgives his friends, and this act of forgiveness is the last thing he does before receiving a major blessing from God. Isn’t that interesting? He prays for those who judged him, those who misrepresented God and then Job forgives them. Have you ever talked to someone who seemed to have all the answers, but as you