Who needs enemies when you have friends like this?

Reading: Job 15-16 and Luke 13

Scripture: Job 16:2-3, I have heard many such things; miserable comforters are you all. Shall windy words have an end? Or what provokes you that you answer?

Thoughts: In yesterday's reading, Job called his friends worthless physicians, and today, calling them miserable comforters, got me thinking… who do we have around us? To the most part our coworkers and work environment are out of our control others then we have the option to find employment elsewhere. But who are those fiends whom you call for advice or whom you can confide in when things are rough? Are you listening to people who do not have the same beliefs and convictions as you? Does the world have more influence on your choices than God? Also when others choose to confide in you are you pointing them to God and the Word or do you put your faith in what the world says? Are we being worthless and miserable helpers?

Prayer: Lord God, I thank you for helping me to see that I needed a mentor in my life and that you brought the right man into my life to speak into me what you have for me. I thank you for leading me to friends who are not worthless and miserable. I ask that you help me to be the right kind of friend to those around me, so that if they confide in me then I can lead them and point them to you and your word.