Job 42:10 When Job prayed for his friends, the Lord restored his fortunes. In fact, the Lord gave him twice as much as before. v.12 So the Lord blessed Job in the second half of his life even more than in the beginning.
Job's life couldn't get much worse. He was really sick, his children had all been killed and he'd lost his fortune and his social standing. When he really needed them his friends were no help, telling him he must have messed up somehow, or it must be his own fault or maybe God was punishing him. They had it wrong!
Yet even though God was angry with his friends for what they'd said and not speaking accurately about God Himself, God wanted Job to pray for them to be forgiven. So even though they'd treated him badly and while he was still very ill, he prayed for them all. As a result of his willingness to obey God, all of his situation was turned round for good and God healed him and blessed him with twice as much as before it all began!
Job was in the second half of his life and he had probably been thinking it was too late for things to change. Maybe we're thinking the same thing and if so, be greatly encouraged today because God proved it wasn't too late, and He's still in the business of turning things around. As He did it for Job He can do it for you and me too.
I expect we all have people in our lives who we need to pray for, perhaps those we need to forgive as well, and as we obey God's promptings, like Job, He can bless the second half of our lives too. 😊
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