The Ambush of the Cross — Post 4 “Until the time that his word came: the word of the LORD tried him.”— Psalm 105:19 The enemy thought Joseph was finished. Betrayed by his brothers, falsely accused by Potiphar’s wife, and forgotten by those he helped in prison, Joseph looked buried. The dreams he once carried…
This series from The Overcomer Magazine explores the deep, refining work of God in the life of the believer through seasons of suffering. Suffering is not a detour in the Christian life — it is often the very path God uses to conform us to the image of His Son. Through biblical examples and spiritual…
(Job 42 | Chapter XXVIII of Jessie Penn-Lewis’s The Story of Job) “So the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning…”—Job 42:12 (KJV) The whirlwind fades. God has spoken. And now—Job repents. Not from rebellion, but from presumption. “I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now…
(Job 29–31 | Chapter XXII of Jessie Penn-Lewis’s The Story of Job) “I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.”—Job 29:14 (KJV) Job now speaks for the final time before the Lord answers. These chapters are not rebuttal—they are reflection.He looks back at the days of…
(Job 28 | Chapter XXI of Jessie Penn-Lewis’s The Story of Job) “Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.”—Job 28:28 (KJV) Job is no longer arguing with men.He is meditating on God. Job 28 breaks from the flow of the debates. It is a song—an ode…
(Job 26–27 | Chapter XX of Jessie Penn-Lewis’s *The Story of Job*) “My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go…” —Job 27:6 (KJV) Main Article: After Bildad’s cold words, Job speaks again—and this time, something has changed. His voice is clearer.His tone is firmer.His spirit is rising. Job 26 — The Majesty…
(Job 25 | Chapter XIX of Jessie Penn-Lewis’s *The Story of Job*) “How then can man be justified with God?” —Job 25:4 (KJV) Bildad’s final speech is the shortest in the book— just six verses. And yet, it is telling. There is no warmth.No acknowledgement of Job’s pain.Only a cold, impersonal theology: “How then can…
(Job 23–24 | Chapter XVIII of Jessie Penn-Lewis’s *The Story of Job*) “Oh that I knew where I might find him…” —Job 23:3 (KJV) Job is not arguing anymore.He is searching. “Even today is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.” (23:2) He wants to find God—not to accuse Him, but to…
(Job 22 | Chapter XVII of Jessie Penn-Lewis’s *The Story of Job*) “Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?” —Job 22:5 (KJV) Eliphaz now speaks for the final time. Gone is the tone of gentle reasoning.Gone is the mystical dream.Now he delivers false accusations with full confidence. “Is not thy wickedness great? and…
(Job 21 | Chapter XVI of Jessie Penn-Lewis’s *The Story of Job*) “Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?” —Job 21:7 (KJV) After waves of accusation, Job does not crumble.Instead, in chapter 21, something shifts. He speaks with boldness—not defensiveness. He confronts his friends’ entire worldview. “Hear diligently my speech,…